Speeches by Julie Bishop

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. Ov...

Excellency Philémon Yang, President of the General Assembly, Excellency António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, 1. ...

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...

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 ...

We are all proud members of this venerable institution. If this place and our membership in it stand for anything, then we stand for an international order base...