Media Releases from the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs

Media releases from the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs

1997 | Index

Travel to Bougainville (23 December)
Diplomatic Appointment - High Commissioner to the Republic of Kenya (23 December)
Appointment of World Trade Organisation Ambassador (23 December)
Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Turkey (23 December)
Diplomatic Appointment - Amabassador to the Argentine Republic (23 December)
Kim Dae-Jung Elected President of the Republic of Korea (19 December)
Australian Hostage in Nigeria (18 December)
Australia and Fiji to Cooperate on Paedophilia (18 December)
Establishment of Foreign Affairs Council (18 December)
Appointments to the Australia-India Council (19 December)
Appointment of Director General, ASIS (18 December)
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic (16 December)
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary (16 December)
Downer Hails Australian Diplomacy in Kyoto Outcome (11 December)
China Grants Tourist Destination Status and Legal Licence (11 December)
Human Rights Day Celebrated (10 December)
Australia Welcomes Peace Agreement in Bangladesh (5 December)
Bougainville Truce Monitoring Group (5 December) Joint Release with the Minister for Defence
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (3 December)
Uranium Producers to pay "Safeguards Fee" (2 December)
Travel to Canada, United States, China and Hong Kong (SAR) (2 December)
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (28 November)
Government Response to Senate Consular Services Report (26 November)
Australia Welcomes "Cairns Commitment" (25 November)
Meeting Between ASEAN and the "Friends of Cambodia" (23 November)
Labor's Little Golden Book Approach to Foreign Policy (21 November)
Australian Participation in the Bougainville Truce Monitoring Group (17 November) Joint Statement with the Minister for Defence
Australia to Sign Landmines Ban Treaty and Destroy Stockpile (17 November) Joint Release with the Minister for Defence
Australia Condemns Iraqi Expulsion of U.S. UNSCOM Inspectors (14 November)
Appointment of Australian Honorary Consul : Lithuania (13 November)
Cooperation Agreement signed in Indonesia (11 November) Joint Release with Minister for Industry, Science & Tourism)
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Netherlands (10 November)
Russia Ratifies Chemical Weapons Convention (6 November)
Participation in Cambodian Elections (5 November)
Australia Deplores Iraqi Expulsion of US Weapons Inspectors (30 October)
Travel to PNG, Russia, UK and Germany (29 October)
China Signs International Human Rights Covenant (28 October)
Two Foreign Fishing Vessels Apprehended in Southern Ocean (21 October) Joint Statement with Ministers for Resources and Energy, Environment, and Defence
Australia-France Relations Joint Communique (21 October)
South Pacific Conference (21 October)
Malaysian Haze Assistance (19 October)
Bomb Blast in Sri Lanka (16 October)
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan (15 October)
Australia Wins Asia 2000 Summit (15 October)
Gilford Settlement (15 October)
Philippine Tariff Reductions Great News for Australian Dairy Industry (11 October)
Joint Action Against Child Sexual Abuse (11 October)
Closer Relations with the Philippines (11 October)
Diplomatic Appointment: Consul-General to Shanghai (10 October)
Australia Welcomes United Kingdom Ratification of South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (1 October)
Australia Welcomes Fiji's Readmission to the Commonwealth (30 September)
Cambodia: Meeting Between Asean and the International Community (29 September)
Burma: Political Situation (29 September)
Government releases pre-Kyoto climate change assessment (29 September)
Bougainville (29 September)
Visit to the United States, the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong and Korea (25 September)
Visit to the UN General Assembly: Cambodia (25 September)
Australia First to Sign Protocol to Strengthen Nuclear Safeguards (24 September)
Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Nigeria (22 September)
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador for the Environment (22 September)
Landmines: Oslo Conference Outcomes (18 September)
Climate Change: The Opposition Walks Away from Australian Jobs (17 September)
Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Samoa (3 September)
Joint Statement: Foreign and Trade Policy White Paper (28 August) Joint statement with Minister for Trade
Bouganiville (25 August)
Bougainville (22 August)
Visit to Papua New Guinea (21 August)
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Thailand (20 August)
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Cambodia (19 August)
Pacific Islands Heads of Mission Meeting (19 August)
Australia's Commitment to the Pacific Islands Region (19 August)
Australia Supports Fiji's Readmission to the Commonwealth (19 August)
Australia Participation in Kedo Ground-Breaking Ceremony (18 August)
Australia to Sign Brussels Declaration in Favour of Global Landmines Ban (15 August)
First Round of Human Rights Dialogue with China: $300,000 Cooperation Program Launched (15 August)
Visit to Vanuatu, Fiji and New Zealand 14 August)
Australia congratulates India and Pakistan on 50 years of Independence (14 August)
Meeting with Mr Sam Rainsy (13 August)
Female Career Diplomats (8 August)
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York (8 August)
Diplomatic Appointment : High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus (5 August)
Brunei Air Link to Adelaide (31 July)
Announcement of Bilateral Regional Security Dialogues (28 July)
New Initiatives in Australia/Malaysia Relations (27 July)
Australia to Support All-Inclusive Intra-East Timorese Dialogue (26 July)
Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to India (25 July)
Australia Set to Ratify Tighter Controls on Landmines (23 July)
Australia-India Joint Ministerial Commission to be Held (23 July)
Mr Downer to Visit India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Brunei, Japan and Singapore (18 July)
Visit to Cambodia (18 July)
United Nations: Secretary General's "Track Two" Reform Proposals (18 July)
Cambodia (15 July)
Fiji: Passage of Revised Constitution (10 July)
Assisted Departure of Australians from Phnom Penh (10 July)
The Government's Pre-Kyoto Climate Change Assessment (7 July)
Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (30 June)
Cambodia (30 June )
Conference on Disarmament Appoints Australian Ambassador as Special Coordinator on Landmines (27 June)
Downer Boosts Australia's Ties with Greece (27 June)
Joint Declaration on Relations between the European Union and Australia (26 June)
Indonesian Commission on Human Rights Visit (25 June)
Visit to Greece (24 June)
Australian Appointed to President of UNESCO Program (20 June)
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Laos (18 June)
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Mexico (18 June)
John Momis Freed on Bougainville (17 June)
Mr Downer Welcomes the Appointment of Ireland's President, Mary Robinson, as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (13 June)
Hong Kong Handover (12 June)
Bougainville Peace Strategy Welcomed (29 May)
Hong Kong: Acceptance of HKSAR Passport, Continuation of Visa-Free Access for Australians (22 May)
World Economic Forum Millennium Summit: A Coup for Australia (20 May)
International Nuclear Safeguards System Strengthened (16 May)
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Chile (16 May)
Diplomatic Appointment: Consul General Ho Chi Minh City (16 May)
Report of the Commonwealth Paedophile Inquiry (15 May)
Joint Statement - Federal Budget 1997 (13 May) Joint Statement with Minister for Trade
Aid Budget Demonstrates Government's Commitment to Poverty Reduction (13 May)
Association of Asian Electoral Officials (1 May)
Entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (30 April)
Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Solomon Islands (28 April)
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (28 April)
Launch of the Australia-Indonesia Development Area. (24 April) Joint Statement with the Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Production and Distribution
Australia Gives Aid to Burmese Refugees (22 April)
Ministerial Visit to Ambon Lombok (22 April)
China: Human Rights (10 April)
United States-Russian Agreement on Further Reductions in Nuclear Arsenals welcomed (27 March)
Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Canada (27 March)
Australian Contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation (KEDO) (27 March)
Appointment of Australian Honorary Consul Chiang Mai, Thailand (25 March)
Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Malaysia (25 March)
Visit of Commonwealth Secretary-General (20 March)
Minister to Attend Inaugural Meeting of New Indian Ocean Economic Body (27 February)
Australia Thailand Ministerial Commission 26 - 27 February 1997 (25 February)
Visit to Papua New Guinea (14 February)
Extension of the Bougainville Transitional Government (13 February 1997)
Joint Declaration with Italy (6 February)
Attachment: Australia and Italy into the 21st Century Joint Declaration by the Australian Foreign Minister, Mr Alexander Downer and the Italian Foreign Minister, Mr Lamberto Dini
Downer welcomes announcement of new United States Secretary of State (23 January)
Ministerial visit to the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Italy (22 January)
Malcolm Fraser to lead Commonwealth Election Observer Mission to Pakistan (21 January)
Hebron Agreement Welcomed (15 January)
United Nations Resolution to Place Treaties on the Internet (3 January)

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