Australia appreciates the opportunity to address the General Assembly on the
subject of global health and foreign policy, a crucial linkage that we need to understand better and manage effectively if the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are to be reached.
Global health issues hav…
It is not only just an honour but actually an obligation to speak today following the introduction of this draft resolution (A/65/L.36) on the transatlantic slave trade. Australia is again this year a sponsor of the draft resolution. I say that it is an obligation because all of us are obliged to re…
As we all know, the Middle East has been subject to conflict for far too long. For too long, the peoples of that region have been unable to lead their lives in anything that even vaguely approaches peace and security. That should be an unbearable judgment on all of us.
Any lasting peace, of course,…
I would like first of all to thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this important dialogue, and, of course, the Secretary-General and the Special Rapporteur for their comments earlier today. I would also like to thank President Evo Morales and the Plurinational State of Bol…
My delegation is honoured to be a sponsor of the draft resolution in document A/65/L.12 on sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, and we look forward to its adoption.
This morning, however, I want to comment on the vital issue of non-communicable diseases. As the report transmitted in …
Thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to address the Council on a decisive issue that goes to the core of the Council’s role in maintaining international peace and security and building the defences of peace. This, of course, is the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I w…
Australia welcomes the opportunity to speak in this debate and to endorse and sponsor the draft resolution on the situation in Afghanistan (A/65/L.9).
Australia’s own Parliament is itself in the middle of a debate on Afghanistan and our commitment to it. There is no more serious, or difficult, work…
I would first like to thank the President of the Assembly for convening today’s debate. Building the defences of peace is the most difficult work we can undertake, but of course it is also the most essential.
At the outset, I would like to very much commend the Permanent Representatives of Ireland,…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate. We very much welcome the presence of African leaders in the Chamber today. That is a strong statement of the understandable importance that countries of Africa give this item. Australia shares that sense of importance.
The item under considera…
Australia keenly appreciates the Council’s continued attention to the situation in Timor-Leste and the opportunity to speak in the debate. We are very pleased to see you presiding over this meeting, Sir.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2010/522) and his Special Represe…
I have the privilege today of speaking on behalf of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI), whose current members are Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
We are very grateful to you for convening this debat…
Like everyone, Australians have been very deeply saddened by the tragic humanitarian emergency in Pakistan, and I should like to convey the condolences of all Australians to the people of Pakistan, who are suffering so badly and who will continue to suffer over the days, weeks and months ahead.
All…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
Canada, Australia and New Zealand appreciate the leadership and support of the Secretary-General and of the Deputy Secretary-General and her team throughout the journey to achieve this resolution. Of course,…
Australia welcomes Special Representative of the Secretary-General de Mistura’s presence here and his briefing this morning. We also appreciate the latest quarterly report
of the Secretary-General on Afghanistan (S/2010/318), the presence of Ambassador Tanin of Afghanistan and the briefings provid…
I have the honour this morning to speak on behalf of the members of the Pacific Islands Forum.
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary- General and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS for the focused and very helpful report on the progress made in the implementation of our com…
On behalf of the Western European and other States Group, I extend to the people and the Government of Nigeria our sincere condolences on the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Our thoughts and wishes are especially with his family at this difficult time.
President Yar’Adua was uniquely school…
Australia was deeply saddened by the events of December 2008 and January 2009 in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel. As we have made clear on a number of occasions in the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Human Rights Commission, Australia supports the proper investigation of allegation…
Australia welcomes the opportunity to participate once again in the Security Council’s deliberations on Timor-Leste. I would like to thank Special Representative Haq and Deputy Prime Minister Guterres for their presentations. The Deputy Prime Minister’s presence is especially valued. I would also li…
Australia had hoped that this year’s debate on the Middle East would have been preceded by genuine progress towards peace. But it has not. The tragedy of the Gaza conflict of last December and January was another compelling reminder of the simple, ineluctable truth that a lasting resolution to the I…
Australia was deeply saddened by the conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel last December and January, and we are very disturbed at the loss of momentum in recent efforts to restart the peace process. We ask the parties to do more.
We voted against resolution 64/10 because of a number of ge…
