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Development

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Where we deliver our Development Program

Humanitarian action

Where and how Australia provides emergency assistance.

Performance assessment

People-to-people

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Public diplomacy

Foundations, councils and institutes

International Labour Mobility

Australian Volunteers Program

Supporting organisations in developing countries by matching them with skilled Australians. 

Sports diplomacy

Australia is a successful global leader and innovator in sport.

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai

A global platform for achievement, innovation, collaboration, and cooperation

About Australia

Australia is a stable, democratic and culturally diverse nation with a highly skilled workforce and one of the strongest performing economies in the world.

Australia in Brief publication

This is the 52nd edition of Australia in Brief, revised and updated in February 2021

Travel

Travel advice

To help Australians avoid difficulties overseas, we maintain travel advisories for more than 170 destinations.

International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate

Prove your COVID-19 vaccinations when you travel overseas.

Passports

The Australian Passport Office and its agents are committed to providing a secure, efficient and responsive passport service for Australia.

24-hour consular emergency helpline

Visas

 United Nations

Australia at the United Nations Human Rights Council

The Human Rights Council (HRC) holds three regular sessions a year, in March, June and September, in Geneva. During the meeting, the Council considers each of the ten items on its agenda by receiving written reports or oral updates from special procedures mandate holders. This includes from special rapporteurs, independent experts and working groups; by hosting interactive dialogues with those mandate holders and mechanisms; or providing a forum for general debate on each of the agenda items. The meeting is interspersed with panel discussions on particular issues. Each HRC session concludes with the 47 members of the Council voting on resolutions – non-legally binding expressions of the views of the Council's members.

The Australian Mission to the United Nations in Geneva represents Australia's interests in the HRC. Australia participates in the debates, dialogues and panels by presenting public statements.

Australia also actively participates in the HRC Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The Attorney-General's Department publishes material relating to Australia's UPR.

Australian Statements at the United Nations Human Rights Council

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