Australia is a stable, democratic and culturally diverse nation with a highly skilled workforce and one of the strongest performing economies in the world.
Australian Statement in the Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and the Working Group on the use of mercenaries, 9 September 2019 [Word 123 KB] | [PDF 166 KB]
Australian Statement in the Item 2 - General Debate and presentation of the report of the International Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, 10 September 2019 [Word 131 KB] | [PDF 168 KB]
Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner for Human Rights' report on Yemen, 10 September 2019 [Word 123 KB] | [PDF 140 KB]
Australian Statement in the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner for Human Rights' report on Nicaragua, 10 September 2019 [Word 123 KB] | [PDF 108 KB]
Australian statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the rights of older persons, 11 September 2019 [Word 120 KB] | [PDF 130 KB]
Australian Statement in the Item 3 - General Debate, Abolition of the Death Penalty, 13 September 2019 [Word 122 KB] | [PDF 465 KB]
Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, 16 September 2019 [Word 121 KB] | [PDF 109 KB]
Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, 16 September 2019 [Word 121 KB] | [PDF 163 KB]
Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, 17 September 2019 [Word 121 KB] | [PDF 107 KB]
Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, 17 September 2019 [Word 116 KB] | [PDF 132 KB]
Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, 17 September 2019 [Word 115 KB] | [PDF 108 KB]
Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Assistant Secretary-General on Reprisals, 18 September 2019 [Word 84 KB] | [PDF 73 KB]
Australian Statement in the Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Issues and Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 18 September 2019 [Word 124 KB] | [PDF 144 KB]
Australian Statement in the Annual Discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms, 23 September 2019 [Word 120 KB] | [PDF 168 KB]
Australian Statement in the Item 10 Interactive Dialogue following the High Commissioner's oral update on Ukraine, 24 September 2019 [Word 120 KB] | [PDF 140 KB]
Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the Sudan, 25 September 2019 [Word 124 KB] | [PDF 112 KB]
Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 25 September 2019 [Word 124 KB] | [PDF 108 KB]
Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner's Oral Update on Libya, 25 September 2019 [Word 124 KB] | [PDF 108 KB]
Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Somalia, 25 September 2019 [Word 116 KB] | [PDF 128 KB]
Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the Central African Republic, 26 September 2019 [Word 124 KB] | [PDF 164 KB]
Australian Statement in the General Debate on Item 10, 26 September 2019 [Word 122 KB] | [PDF 178 KB]
Joint Statements
Joint Statement by the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect in the General Debate on the oral update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 10 September 2019 [Word 23 KB] | [PDF 16 KB]
Joint Statement on Equal Participation in Political and Public Affairs, 13 September 2019 [Word 24 KB] | [PDF 92 KB]
Joint Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Advisory Committee on the Human Rights Council, 19 September 2019 [Word 113 KB] | [PDF 25 KB]
Australian-led Joint Statement on Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, 23 September 2019 [Word 20 KB] | [PDF 77 KB]
Joint Statement on the equality and interdependence of all human rights, 23 September 2019 [Word 28 KB] | [PDF 48 KB]
Joint Statement on the Promotion of Universality of the Standing Invitations to all Special Procedures, 19 September 2019 [Word 20 KB] | [PDF 16 KB]
Joint Statement of the Group of Friends of the UN Special Procedures and other countries, 19 September 2019 [Word 25 KB] | [PDF 75 KB]
Joint Statement on human rights situation in temporarily occupied Crimea and unrestricted access for human rights monitoring mechanisms therein, 23 September 2019 [Word 20 KB] | [PDF 24 KB]
Joint Statement on Addressing Xenophobia and Hate Speech, 24 September 2019 [Word 24 KB] | [PDF 16 KB]
Statements at Action
General Comment: Resolution on Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action[Word 120 KB] | [PDF 165 KB]
Explanation of Vote: Tabled amendment to Resolution on the Question of the Death Penalty[Word 120 KB] | [PDF 108 KB]
Explanation of Vote: Tabled amendment to Resolution on Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights[Word 120 KB] | [PDF 107 KB]
