A year ago we marked the important milestone of the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Year by year, we have seen a strengthening in the status of the Convention as the foundation of the global community’s interaction with, and use of, t…
Australia is pleased to give its support to agenda item 27. Both the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) have clearly demarcated responsibilities, yet many of the issues they deal with are the same. International problems know no boundaries.
Essentially, the United Nations is a c…
