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Australia welcomes support for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
On 30 October, the United Nations First Committee passed a resolution calling for the implementation of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
For the first time, all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China and France – sponsored the resolution. In doing so, they have supported a permanent ban on the testing of nuclear weapons, and given an important boost to the treaty’s entry into force.
Australia has been proud to carry this resolution through the First Committee, together with co-authors New Zealand and Mexico, as part of our on-going campaign to bring the CTBT into force as soon as possible.
Australia-China Council announces the Alice Tay Memorial Award
The Australia-China Council (ACC) is pleased to announce Dr Sarah Biddulph as the 2009 recipient of the Alice Tay Memorial Award in the field of human rights. Dr Biddulph is the fourth recipient of the Award since its inception. More...
Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Torres Strait Treaty
Emeritus Professor Donald Denoon will tonight (5 November) deliver the fourth R. G. Neale lecture which coincides with the public release of National Archives documents on the negotiation of the Torres Strait Treaty. More...
Exports up as China becomes Australia's biggest trading partner
Exports of Australian goods and services rose 5 per cent to be worth $20.2 billion in September. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show the rise in exports was matched by a rise in imports delivering a trade deficit of $1.85 billion for the month. more...
Australian Export Award finalists winning on the world stage
Trade Minister Crean has congratulated the 77 finalists in the 47th Australian Export Awards - the prestigious business program that recognises exporting excellence. More...
United Nations Disabilities Committee Chair
The Australian Government has congratulated Professor Ron McCallum AO on his election as the 2010 Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. More...
Australia strengthens partnership with the World Food Programme
Ms Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the WFP, and Foreign Minister Smith have signed a new, $180 million four-year Strategic Partnership Agreement. More...
Australia-China Relations: A Long-Term View
Speech by the Foreign Minister to the Australian National University’s China Institute, 26 October 2009.