Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations

New York

Permanent Mission address: 150 East 42 Street, Level 33, New York, New York 10017 - Telephone: 1 212 351 6600 - Fax: 1 212 351 6610

2009 Second Committee Statements

10 December: On International Human Rights Day, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith MP announces $3 million funding for projects that promote and protect human rights across Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean.

9 December: Statement by the Hon Bob McMullan MP, Australian Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, to the United Nations' Annual High-level Conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund.

7 December: Statement by Ms Annette Ellis MP, Parliamentary Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Australia, to the United Nations General Assembly Plenary regarding strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations.

18 November: Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith MP announced Australia will commit $100 million over five years towards achieving a world free from landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war.

2 November: Statement by Ms Annette Ellis, Parliamentary Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Australia, to the United Nations Second Committee regarding Sustainable Development.

30 October: Statement by Mr Paul Neville MP, Parliamentary Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Australia, to the United Nations Second Committee regarding International Trade and Development.

28 October: Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith MP congratulated Professor Ron McCallum on his election as the 2010 Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

26 October: Australian Foreign Minister, The Hon Stephen Smith MP announces that Australia has signed a $180 million four-year Strategic Partnership Agreement with the United Nations World Food Programme.

20 October: Statement by Mr Paul Neville MP, Parliamentary Adviser to the Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations plenary debate regarding the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the Decade to Roll Back Malaria.

12 October: Statement by Mr Jeremy Adler, Representative of Canada on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand to the United Nations Second Committee regarding Item 51: Macroeconomic Policy Questions.

Statement by Dr Vita Skilling, Micronesia's Minister for Health and Social Affairs, on behalf of Pacific Member States to the General Assembly Commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development.

6 October: Statement by H.E. Mr Gary Quinlan Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Member States’ Briefing on Natural Disasters in the Asia and Pacific Region.

26 September: Australian Foreign Minister, The Hon Stephen Smith MP, addresses the 'Partnering for Food Security' event co-hosted by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the UN General Assembly Hall.

23 September: Australian Foreign Minister, The Hon Stephen Smith MP honours the work of the High Level Taskforce on Innovative International Financing for Health Systems at the United Nations.

2 September: Statement by the Honourable Bob McMullan MP, Australian Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance to the United Nations' Second Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

20 July: Statement by Ambassador Marius Grinius, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand to the Humanitarian Affairs Segment of the Economic and Social Council Substantive Session.

25 June: Statement by H.E Mr John McNee, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development, on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand

18 June: Statement by Katy Lin, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of Australia, to the tenth meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea.

7 April: Australian Foreign Minister, The Hon Stephen Smith MP announces that Australia will provide $3.2 million in humanitarian aid to the Rohingya people living in Burma's northern Rakhine State.

Australian Foreign Minister, The Hon Stephen Smith MP releases a new strategy to tackle HIV in our region.

4 April: Australian Foreign Minister, The Hon Stephen Smith MP announces that Australia will provide $2.4 million for prosthetics and the rehabilitation of Iraqi landmine survivors and other victims of conflict.

1 April: Australian Foreign Minister, The Hon Stephen Smith MP on Development Assistance for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

22 March: Opening Statement delivered by Andrew Goledzinowski, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York concerning Australia’s implementation of our commitments under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.