Australia is pleased to co-sponsor draft resolution A/68/L.8, entitled “Sport for peace and development: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”.
As a proud sporting nation and a past Olympics host, Australia appreciates the valuable contribution that sport and the…
Australia would like to begin by thanking the previous co-facilitators of the
intergovernmental process, the Ambassadors of Iceland and Indonesia, for their tireless efforts and commitment over an extended period to driving this process aimed at strengthening the human rights treaty body system. It…
Australia is proud to support the resolution adopted today (resolution 67/296) proclaiming the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. As a proud sporting nation, we are committed to the ideals of sport and its potential to inspire, unite and promote understanding across language, cult…
I would like to thank the Ambassadors of Austria and Cape Verde for their dedicated efforts to bring about consensus among delegations on the modalities for the upcoming high- level meeting on trafficking in persons. It has not been an easy task.
This issue is one to which Australia attaches great …
