After decades of conflict, the Afghan National Security Forces continue to make daily sacrifices in their efforts to protect their communities, while the Afghan people continue to suffer the ravages of terrorism and conflict. It remains vital that the international community continue to stand with t…
It is with pleasure that I am here today on behalf of Australia, in its role as the previous Chair of the Kimberley Process during 2017. The Kimberley Process makes a valuable contribution to the United Nations agenda for international peace and security, development and human rights.
Fifteen years…
The United Nations was founded in response to the horrors of the Second World War. Nations resolved to prevent a repeat of that catastrophic global conflict. Over the decades since, we have worked together to build an international rules- based order that ensures that disputes can be resolved peacef…
We meet this day at an important time for the United Nations, 70 years after its foundation. Australia’s representative to the San Francisco Conference in 1945 described the General Assembly as the place where the conscience of the peoples of the world should have its most potent expression. It is a…
When Australia signed the Charter of the United Nations 70 years ago, we committed to promoting peace, social progress and better standards of living for the peoples of the world. Australia has taken that commitment seriously, and today we are agreeing on a new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmen…
Thirty-nine Australians were among the 298 men, women and children whose lives were tragically taken when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 was brought down over eastern Ukraine, just over 12 months ago. Among our number were six children, two religious leaders, two doctors, a number of teachers, an aw…
Russia called for a transparent and accountable investigation. Russia is participating in it now. The Under-Secretary-General said that the United Nations was confident that the investigation was being conducted in accordance with International Civil Aviation Organization guidelines. Those are the v…
I thank you, Mr. President, for initiating this meeting today, for we must send a clear signal of the international community’s strong support for Iraq.
Australia endorses the terms of presidential statement S/PRST/2014/20, which is an affirmation of
Iraqi and international efforts to combat the t…
I thank Mr. Feltman and Foreign Minister Timmermans for their briefings. I extend Australia’s deep gratitude for the professionalism and empathy that the Netherlands has shown in responding to this terrible incident. I particularly thank Minister Timmermans for his personal commitment
and compassio…
The adoption of resolution 2166 (2014) is a decisive step by the Security Council. It is an unambiguous response of the international community to an utterly deplorable act — the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17, killing all 298 passengers and crew on board, including 80 children. The…
As a freshly minted Foreign Minister, I am delighted to take part in this general debate. Only a few weeks ago, Australia held national elections and chose a new Government. Only nine days ago, I was sworn in as Australia’s thirty-eighth Minister for Foreign Affairs. A change of Government is a sign…
