International relations

Australia welcomes progress made by Lebanon since its second Universal Periodic Review. Australia welcomes the establishment of the National Human Rights Commission and National Preventative Mechanism against Torture.

Australia commends the Federated States of Micronesia on efforts to strengthen the protection of human rights, including ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and progress in drafting child protection policy and legislation in support of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Australia's statements to the 37th session of the Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations.

We therefore welcome the work of the review committees with their mandates from member states and looks forward to their recommendations to the World Health Assembly in May which we need to be ambitious, grounded in robust evidence, and with clear prioritised areas for action.

The undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition express their concern about the situation for journalists and media freedom in the lead-up to the Ugandan elections of January 14, 2021.