Speeches by Alexander Downer

To stand again at this podium today, representing Australia as its Foreign Minister, entering into the great conversation of nations, is an unsettling experien...

Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session. I am also pleased to welcome Switz...

Sir, let me begin by congratulating you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session, and let me 20 say how honoured I am t...

Australia is a founding Member of the United Nations, and we have long supported this Organization’s important role in world affairs. The United Nations has man...

I would like to begin by joining with my colleagues in congratulating Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at...

I join my colleagues in congratulating the President on his election as President of the General Assembly for its fifty-fifth session and you, Madam Vice-Presid...

On behalf of the Foreign Minister of Australia, Mr. Alexander Downer, who is unable to be here because of our national election next 23 week, I would like to ...

May I begin by adding my congratulations to those of my colleagues on your election, Sir, as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. You ...

Let me begin by congratulating Mr. Udovenko on his election as President of the General Assembly at this fifty-second session. The country and the Group he rep...

I should like to extend warm congratulations to Mr. Razali on his election as President of the General Assembly. As a close neighbour of Malaysia, Australia wi...