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

Welcome

The Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York is one of four posts representing Australia's interests in the United Nations system. The other posts are in Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi.

The Mission pursues Australia’s interests in the UN through advocacy of our views and promotion of our interests by negotiating with other member states to advance Australia’s foreign policy objectives. On 30 March 2008, the then Prime Minister, the Hon Mr Kevin Rudd MP, announced that Australia would seek a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2013-2014 term.

The Australian Government and the Mission is supporting the candidature of Professor Ronald McCallum AO to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Professor McCallum is a leading Australian law academic who was elected in November 2008 for a period of two years as Australia's representative to the Committee. He was elected to the position of chair of the Committee in 2010. Find out more about Professor McCallum and the Committee.