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Speeches from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2013
Speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia . Speech by Mr Peter Varghese, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 20 May 2013Australia-India Institute Oration - "Our journey with India" . Speech by Mr Peter Varghese, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 16 May 2013Address by Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls at the 5th East Asia Ministerial Meeting on Gender Equality's Plenary three: the Elimination of Gender Discrimination in Employment. Beijing, 15-6 May 2013.Address by Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls at the 5th East Asia Ministerial Meeting on Gender Equality's Plenary two: The Eradication of Violence Against Women. Beijing, 15-6 May 2013.Address by Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls at the 5th East Asia Ministerial Meeting on Gender Equality's Plenary one: Gender Mainstreaming - Achievements and Challenges. Beijing, 15-6 May 2013.Asia Society Luncheon - "Australia and Asia" . Speech by Mr Peter Varghese, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 29 April 2013OSCE Asian Partners Conference on Improving the Security of Women and Girls . Opening Address by Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women. 22 April 2013Best practice for international collaboration on preventing violence against women and girls with disabilities . Remarks at the UN 57th Commission on the Status of Women – side event on Best Practice for International Collaboration on Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls With Disabilities. Speech by Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women. 8 March 2013Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls in the Pacific – From Research to Implementation: Leaders Speak Out! Remarks to the UN 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women side event. Speech by Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women. 8 March 2013Remarks at the UN 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women side event: The Critical Services Initiative . Speech by Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women. 7 March 2013Australia's involvement in faith-based responses to gender-based violence . Speech at the UN 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Parallel Event hosted by World Vision Australia and UNFPA, to launch the report A Mapping of Faith-Based Responses to Gender-Based Violence in Asia-Pacific. Speech by Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women. 7 March 2013“Australia and Asia: Building stability by building institutions” . Asialink Chairman’s Welcome. Speech by Mr Peter Varghese, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Melbourne. 19 February 2013The Role of Afghan Women in the Peace, Reconciliation and Transition Processes and the Future for Afghan Women Post-2014, Welcome address to the Afghan Australian Development Organisation (AADO) Roundtable . Speech by Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women. Melbourne. 8 February 2013Australia and the United Nations, Remarks by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC . 7 February 2013
2012
Political - Military Seminar: UNSCR 1325 Women, Peace and Security in NATO-led Operations and Missions . Speech by Australian Ambassador to NATO, Mr Duncan Lewis. Stockholm, Sweden. 18 December 2012Pacific Women Business Conference - "making the connection – challenges and solutions, opportunities and options, buyers and sellers, entrepreneurs and leaders of the pacific" . Keynote address by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. Nadi, Fiji. 14 November 2012Pacific Network Against Violence Conference . Keynote address by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. Nadi, Fiji. 12 November 20122012 Excellence in Policing Awards - Development Seminar . Speech by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. Canberra. 26 October 2012Seminar with students of the Institute of Gender and Development Studies . Speech by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. University of the West Indies, St Augustine. 23 October 2012Address to the Inaugural ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Women . Speech by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. Vientiane, Lao PDR. 19 October 2012Public Forum on Women's Transformational Leadership . Keynote address by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. Canberra. 22 October 2012Prime Minister's remarks to staff at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Canberra about Australia's election to serve as a non-permanent member on the United Nations Security Council for 2013 and 2014 . 19 October 2012.Michael Hintze lecture . Mr Dennis Richardson, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Sydney University. 19 September 2012.Millionth birthing kit celebration breakfast 2012 . Keynote address by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. Canberra. 7 September 2012Pacific Islands Forum - side event on Gender Equality in the Pacific . Remarks by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. Raratonga, Cook Islands. 29 August 2012Launch of Side by Side: Women, Peace and Security . Remarks by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. Canberra. 15 August 2012Justice and equality in the global context - Keynote Address: Australian Women Lawyers 4th National Conference . Speech by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. ANU University House, Canberra. 11 August 2012Launch of the Australia-Africa Universities Network . Mr Dennis Richardson, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs. ANU University House, Canberra. 17 July 2012.US-Cambodia Lower Mekong Initiative Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Policy Dialogue Opening remarks: Addressing Gender Based Violence Panel . Speech by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. Siem Reap, Cambodia. 12-13 July 2012CEDA Women in Leadership series Women in leadership - Capital Hill – women as agents of change . Speech by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. Hyatt Hotel, Canberra. 29 June 2012Address to panel on advancing gender equality and empowering women in green economies in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication . Speech by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. 19 June 2012Opening of Symposium on preventing and responding to violence against women: issues, challenges and best practice . Speech by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. Flinders University, Adelaide. 15 June 2012Launch of the Violence against Women in Melanesia and East Timor Progress since 2008 Report . Speech by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. International Women's Day, Fiji Women's Crisis Centre, Fiji. 8 March 2012Australian Women in Diplomacy: Australian Diplomacy for Women . Speech by Trevor Peacock, Australian High Commissioner to Cyprus. Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus. 7 March 2012Speech at the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Side event on the Busan Joint Action Plan for Gender Equality and Development . Speech by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. 1 March 2012 Justice for All? The International Criminal Court – a conference: 10 year review of the ICC . Speech by Ms Penny Williams, Australia's Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. 14 February 2012
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2006
Market Access Opportunities under the Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement , 30 November 2006 Sharing the FTA experience: An Update on the Feasibility Study into a Bilateral FTA , 16 October 2006Responding to Twenty-First Century Challenges DFAT in a Changing World , 27 September 2006 Speech to the APEC 2007 Symposium , Mr Michael L'Estrange, Secretary - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2 August 2006 Continuity and Change in the Pursuit of Australia's International Interests , Mr Michael L'Estrange, Secretary - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 6 July 2006 NAIDOC Week 2006, Official Launch Of Art Exhibition - 'Gelam Nguzu Kazi - Dugong My Son', Forecourt, R G Casey Building , Acting Secretary, Mr David Spencer, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 3 July 2006 NAIDOC Week 2006, Official Launch Of Art Exhibition - 'Gelam Nguzu Kazi - Dugong My Son' , Acting Secretary, Mr David Spencer, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 3 July 2006 Working in Partnership with Regional Governments to Counter Terrorism . Speech to the Security in Government Conference by Mr Les Luck, Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism, 11 May, 2006
Developments in Australia's bilateral and regional trading arrangements , by Michael Mugliston, Head, Asia Trade Task Force, 1 March 2006
2005
Speech to the ASPI Defence and Security Luncheon - Diplomacy and National Security , Mr Michael L'Estrange, Secretary - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 24 November 2005 Official Flag Raising Ceremony, NAIDOC Week , Doug Chester, Acting Secretary Official Flag Raising Ceremony, NAIDOC Week , Ms Stacey Morgan, Member, DFAT Indigenous Employees Network Speech to the Seminar of Government Experts on Climate Change at the 22nd Meeting of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies by Jan Adams Australian Ambassador for the Environment, 16 May 2005
Global Threats and Regional Challenges: An Asia-Pacific Perspective , 2005 Australia Group Plenary, Sydney, 20 April 2005, Ms Gillian Bird, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeStatement to the World Conference on Disaster Reduction , Australia's Ambassador to Japan, Mr Murray McLean, 19 January 2005
2004
“South East Asia & Australia: New opportunities and challenges” Speech to the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) - Sydney by Ian Kemish, 30 November 2004 The Australian Perception of the Threat and Appropriate Responses . Speech to the Cityforum Round Table on Homeland Security by Mr Les Luck, Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism, London, 28 October 2004 The International Climate Change Agenda , Speech at the CSIRO Climate Science Meeting - by Justin Brown, 5 October 2004
Closing Speech at the Australia-China FTA Conference - Future Directions, 13 August 2004 The 'smart' traveller , Speech at the Australian Federation of Travel Agents general conference by Ian Kemish, 14 August 2004
Opening Speech at the Australia-China FTA Conference - Strategic setting: Common Future, 12 August 2004 "Bali Process" - Building Regional Cooperation to Combat People Smuggling and Trafficking in Persons , Speech at the Institute for the Study of Global Movements Monash University - by Caroline Millar, 29 July 2004 Message to the people of Solomon Islands - RAMSI's one year anniversary, 24 July 2004
Operation Helpem Fren: Biketawa's First Success , Speech at the Pacific Islands Forum Regional Security Committee Meeting in Nandi - Fiji by Nick Warner, 17 June 2004
Moving Forward in Partnership: Ramsi, One Year On , Speech at the Beyond Intervention Conference in Honiara by Nick Warner, 15 June 2004
Speech on the Occasion of European Union Enlargement to 25 , Address by the Secretary, Dr Ashton Calvert , 3 May 2004 Counter-Terrorism: Regional Coordination and Cooperation . Speech to National Security Australia 2004 Conference by Mr Les Luck, Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism, 23 MarchOperation Helpem Fren: Rebuilding the Nation of Solomon Islands . Speech to National Security Conference by Nick Warner. RAMSI Special Coordinator, 23 March 2004
2003
"The Evolving International Environment and Australia's National Interest" , Address to the Lowy Institute by the Secretary, Dr Ashton Calvert , 26 November 2003Managing DFAT in Challenging Times , Address by the Secretary, Dr Ashton Calvert to the Australian Institute of International Affairs (ACT Branch), 28 October 2003International Relations and the Public Affairs Process , Address by the Secretary, Dr Ashton Calvert to the Fourth National Public Affairs Convention, 24 October 2003Global Security in the New Millennium , Address by the Secretary, Dr Ashton Calvert to the Royal United Service Institute International Seminar, 9-10 October 2003Message to the people of Solomon Islands . Speech by Nick Warner , Special Coordinator, Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands. 24 July 2003 "Kickin'up Dust", Contemporary Festivals of Indigenous Australia. Address by the Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Dr Ashton Calvert to launch ‘Kickin’up dust’Photographic Exhibition, 7 July 2003
DFAT NAIDOC Week 2003 Flag Raising Ceremony. Address by the Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Dr Ashton Calvert, at the NAIDOC Week 2003 - Official Flag Raising Ceremony, 7 July 2003
Australia-Japan Relations for the New Decade . Address by the Secretary, Dr Ashton Calvert to the Australia Japan Business Cooperation Committee. Tuesday 13 May 2003Australia's place in the international system-and our relations with New Zealand . Address by the Secretary Dr Ashton Calvert to the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Wellington, Thursday 8 May 2003 UN Security Council Open Debate on Iraq: Australian Statement - Statement on behalf of Australia by Australia's Ambassador to the UN John Dauth . Wednesday 26 March 2003, New York
Security Council Open Debate on Iraq: Australian Statement - Statement on behalf of Australia by Australia's Ambassador to the UN John Dauth to The UN Security Council. Tuesday 11 March 2003, New York
The Costs of Terrorism - and the Benefits of Cooperating to Combat Terrorism . 21 February 2003
Security Council Open Debate on Iraq: Australian Statement - Statement on behalf of Australia by Australia's Ambassador to the UN John Dauth to The UN Security Council. Tuesday 18 February 2003, New York
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