I am very pleased to address the Assembly on behalf of Canada, New Zealand and Australia under agenda items 10 and 60.
Our delegations wish, of course, to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session, and we look forward very much to worki…
We very much welcome the focus on the theme of justice and the rule of law. Such issues are central to the Council’s work on peace and security.
Our long experience in peace operations has made us acutely aware of the importance of justice and rule-of-law issues to societies in conflict, or emergin…
Thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open meeting on an issue to which Australia and, as my colleague from Fiji has said, all countries of the Pacific Islands Forum attach a great deal of importance. We, like others, are grateful for the comprehensive briefing provided by Mr. Sinclair.…
We very much welcome the opportunity today to address this open meeting of the Security Council on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) — the 1267 Committee — and, by doing so, to show our support for the important work of the Committee in prevent…
I had hoped to make the shortest intervention this afternoon, but I am afraid that not even I can match the superb succinctness of the intervention of our American colleague. Nevertheless, Australia very much welcomes the Secretary-General’s latest report on the United Nations Mission of Support in …
I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to address an open meeting of the Security Council. I have been here so often during your presidency that I am starting to feel quite at home.
I also thank my friend Danilo Türk for introducing the Secretary-General’s excellent report today. We listened to him …
It is now time for the members of the Security Council to get beyond the acrimony, narrow political ambitions and separate
agendas that have hamstrung the Council in recent months and to seize this opportunity to shoulder their responsibilities. It is time that the members of the Council look to th…
Allow me to reiterate, Mr. President, the words that I was fortunate enough to be able to offer yesterday in congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, as well as to express Australia’s pleasure at the steady hand that we know you will bring to th…
First of all, as this is the first time I have met with the Security Council this month, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council in this difficult month. It is a good thing for all of us that the presidency is in such steady and reliable hands. In …
Australia welcomes this opportunity to again address the Security Council on an issue of fundamental importance to the international community. As members know, on 12 October 2002 a terrorist attack on the Indonesian island of Bali took the lives of more than 200 innocent civilians from some 21 coun…
I did have a whole lot of nice things to say about you at the start of my address, Mr. President, but, following your instructions, I have
withdrawn them. That is not to say that I do not mean them.
We all know that on 8 November 2002 the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1441 (2002)…
Let me immediately join other delegations in offering our thanks and congratulations to you, Mr. President, to your Vice- President, our outstanding colleague from Ethiopia, the facilitators who assisted you so ably in developing this resolution, and Deputy Secretary-General Fréchette as well, for h…
I wish to thank you, Sir, for holding this open-format meeting on an issue which, obviously enough, is of deep interest to the countries of the Pacific Islands Forum. It is only appropriate, surely, that the countries of our region, as contributors to the resolution of the Bougainville conflict, sho…
Like others, I want to begin by thanking Director General ElBaradei for his comprehensive statement on the achievements of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and on the challenges it will face over the coming year. We would also like to express our appreciation for his leadership in this …
I cannot begin today without expressing my appreciation and that of my Government for the many statements of support in a week that has been a very difficult one for all Australians. For us, it has been a reminder that in this House we are one family.
For the first time in many years, it is possibl…
As it is for the people of East Timor today, it is an emotional moment here for the people of Australia as well. On behalf of the Government and the people of Australia, we want to welcome Timor-Leste into the United Nations family.
It is a special honour for me today to have jointly sponsored, wit…
Let me, like others, thank you very much indeed, Sir, for convening this meeting today. Let me also, like others, acknowledge the
splendid work of Ambassador Koonjul. I should acknowledge the very helpful contributions of Ambassador Ibrahima Fall and the presence of Ambassador Šimonović too, but in…
It is a pleasure, Mr. President, to see you here in New York, and to welcome you here. I should begin by acknowledging the important role that Singapore has played on the Council and by saying how particularly appropriate it is that Singapore should be President of the Council this month. Kishore Ma…
My prepared remarks invite me, in my first paragraph, to acknowledge the presence in the Chamber of Mr. Xanana Gusmão and Mr. Mari Alkatiri, but unfortunately the arrangements today for non-members to speak do not allow me to commence my remarks in that way. I have to say that this is disappointing …
Let me at the outset welcome you, Sir, to New York and congratulate you on the skill with which Norway, Ambassador Kolby in particular, has guided the work of the Security Council this month. Let me at the outset also associate myself and the Government and people of Australia with the expressions o…
