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2002 Media releases | More media releases | Aid-related media releases are also available from AusAID December 2002 Kenya Elections 31 December 2002 Joint release: Council for Australian-Arab Relations 30 December 2002 International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 24 December 2002 Biannual Talks Reaffirm Our Close Relations With New Zealand 23 December 2002 Death Sentence Upheld on Le My Linh 23 December 2002 Republic of Korea Presidential Elections 23 December 2002 North Korea's Removal of IAEA Monitoring Equipment 23 December 2002 Appointment of Director-General, ASIS 23 December 2002 Australian Chancery in Manila to Reopen 20 December 2002 Visit to Samoa 20 December 2002 Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction Declaration 20 December 2002 Appointment of APEC Ambassador 20 December 2002 Visit to Vanuatu 20 December 2002 Visit to Solomon Islands 19 December 2002 Diplomatic appointment: Ambassador to China 17 December 2002 Diplomatic appointment: Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Romania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 17 December 2002 Visit to the South Pacific 16 December 2002 Northern Ireland Peace Process 16 December 2002 Joint release: Indonesia-Australia Host Conference on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 13 December 2002 Freezing of Terrorist Assets in Australia 13 December 2002 Government Rejects UN Report on Arbitrary Detention 12 December 2002 Political Instability in Venezuela 12 December 2002 Joint release: Australia Signs UN Protocol to Combat People Trafficking 12 December 2002 International Human Rights Day 10 December 2002 MOU on Asylum Seekers Signed with Nauru 10 December 2002 Aceh Ceasefire Pact 10 December 2002 Australia Contributes to Aceh Peace Agreement 3 December 2002 Iraq: UK Dossier on Human Rights 3 December 2002 Australia and Israel Set Up Cultural Exchange 2 December 2002 November 2002 Mombasa Terrorist Attacks 29 November 2002 Missile Code of Conduct 25 November 2002 Joint release: Biological Weapons Convention Fifth Review Conference: Joint Statement by Australia, Canada and New Zealand 16 November 2002 KEDO Oil Shipments to North Korea Halted 15 November 2002 Sir Walter Crocker 14 November 2002 Cuba's Accession to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 14 November 2002 14th Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum 14 November 2002 United Nations Draft Settlment Plan for Cyprus 14 November 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Germany 14 November 2002 Visit of Afghan Foreign Minister Dr Abdullah Abdullah 13 November 2002 2002 Australia-China Council Awards 11 November 2002 "Celebrate Australia 2002" Launched in Shanghai 10 November 2002 Visit to Japan 9 November 2002 ASEAN and Australia 6 November 2002 Australia Welcomes Declaration on the South China Sea 5 November 2002 Visit to Japan and China: 7-11 November 2002 4 November 2002 Second Australia Japan Conference 4 November 2002 October 2002 Inaugural Canada-Australia Dialogue: Ottawa, 27-28 October 2002 29 October 2002 Joint release: Further Steps to Prevent the Financing of Terrorism 28 October 2002 Jemaah Islamiyah Listing 26 October 2002 Australia Supports New Solomon Islands Peace Body 24 October 2002 APEC Commits to Fostering Business Confidence and Growth 24 October 2002 Extensive Support for Australia's Request for UN Listing of Jemaah Islamiya 24 October 2002 Australia's Regional WTO Initiative 23 October 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Malaysia 23 October 2002 Joint release: Australia Signs Protocol on Child Soldiers 22 October 2002 Joint release: Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers to participate in AUSMIN talks in Washington 22 October 2002 Joint release: China LNG Agreements Signed 18 October 2002 China Releases Tibetan Prisoner 18 October 2002 DPRK Nuclear Program 17 October 2002 Indonesia - New Travel Advice 17 October 2002 Joint release: Joint Investigation and Intelligence Team to Investigate Bali Bombing 16 October 2002 Government to Help Families Visit Injured Bali Victims Recovering in Hospital 16 October 2002 Emergency Aid to Indonesia 15 October 2002 Joint release: Ministers to Visit Bali and Jakarta 14 October 2002 Australia Implements Bilateral Smart Sanctions Against Government of Zimbabwe 13 October 2002 Australia Wins Sixth Straight UN Election 5 October 2002 Burma Visit 3 October 2002 Australia and Thailand Sign MOU on Counter-Terrorism 3 October 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to PNG 2 October 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Sweden 2 October 2002 High Level Mission to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu 1 October 2002 September 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Kiribati 30 September 2002 East Timor Joins the United Nations 28 September 2002 Australia Ratifies Terrorist Financing Convention 27 September 2002 Joint release: Australia and Thailand Ratify Prisoner Exchange Treaty 26 September 2002 Visit to Burma, Indonesia and Malaysia 25 September 2002 Reform of the United Nations 24 September 2002 Australia Welcomes Japan-DPRK Meeting 18 September 2002 Australia Applauds Rebuilding of Korean Peninsula Transport Links 18 September 2002 Australia Supports Sri Lankan Peace Process 16 September Australia and Indonesia to Co-Host Conference to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 15 September 2002 Boost for Nuclear Disarmament 15 September 2002 Australia and Bhutan Establish Diplomatic Relations 15 September 2002 Visit to the United Nations 9 September 2002 David Wilson: Chhouk Rin Appeal 6 September 2002 Labor and Iraq 5 September 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Ireland 5 September 2002 Japan-DPRK Leaders to Meet 2 September 2002 August 2002 Visit to Australia by Special Envoy for Burma 30 August 2002 Australia Re-Elected to Council of UN International Seabed Authority 30 August 2002 Celebrating 30 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Australia and the people's Republic of China 30 August 2002 Anniversary of Bougainville Peace Agreement 30 August 2002 Nigeria: Stoning Sentence 29 August 2002 Vietnam: Death Penalty 28 August 2002 Appointment to the Board of the Australia-India Council 28 August 2002 China's New Missile Controls Welcomed 27 August 2002 New Members of the Australian National Commission of UNESCO 26 August 2002 Nigerian Death Sentence is Inhumane 22 August 2002 Greater Transparency for Treaty-Making Process 20 August 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Consul-General to Bali 20 August 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Tonga 16 August 2002 Dialogue Helps Advance Human Rights in China 16 August 2002 Joint release: Global Greenhouse Challenge:The way ahead for Australia 15 August 2002 Australia China Human Rights Dialogue 14 August Joint release: One more Step towards a Safer Australia 12 August 2002 Iraq and the Labor Party 12 August 2002 Joint release: Australia Wins Contract to Supply Gas to China 8 August 2002 $1M Grant to Fight HIV/AIDS in Asia Pacific 1 August 2002 July 2002 Australia Welcomes Appointment of Singaporean Peacekeeping Force Commander in East Timor 30 July 2002 Australian War Graves in France 29 July 2002 New Director-General for Chemical Weapons Organisation 29 July 2002 Appointment to the Board of the Australia-Indonesia Institute 29 July 2002 Advancing the National Interest 26 July 2002 Visit to Brunei and Malaysia 26 July 2002 Appointment of New UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Dr Sergio Vieira De Mello 24 July 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Nepal 22 July 2002 Boost for Australia-Korea Collaboration 18 July 2002 Fourth Australia-Korea Forum 10 July 2002 Australia-Indonesia Institute Grant to Provide Access to Indonesia's Most Important Living Artistic Tradition 9 July 2002 Visit to the United States 8 July 2002 Joint release: Australia Ratifies International Criminal Court 2 July 2002 June 2002 Joint release: Australia Ratifies ICC Statute 27 June 2002 Australia to Host Human Rights Treaty Workshop 25 June 2002 Praise for International Peace Team in Solomon Islands 25 June 2002 Australia-US Sign Pact on Classified Information 25 June 2002 Welcome Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Community Statements on Cyprus 23 June 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Bangladesh 19 June 2002 Visit by Iranian Foreign Minister 19 June 2002 New Measures to Fight the Spread of Chemical and Biological Weapons 13 June 2002 Joint release: Further Steps to Prevent the Financing of Terrorism 12 June 2002 Time for Crean to Rein in Rudd 8 June 2002 Megiddo Suicide Bombing 6 June 2002 Australia-New Zealand Foreign Ministers' Meeting 6 June 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Consul-General in Los Angeles 3 June 2002 May 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Poland 30 May 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to East Timor 30 May 2002 Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue 26 May 2002 US-Russia Strategic Agreements 25 May 2002 Visit to Indonesia 24 May 2002 Sierra Leone Elections 24 May 2002 Flag to Fly at Half-Mast Abroad for Last Anzac 24 May 2002 Joint release: David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib Treated Well 23 May 2002 Tensions Between India and Pakistan 23 May 2002 Visit to Thailand 23 May 2002 Arrest of Khmer Rouge Leader Sam Bith 23 May 2002 Australia-India Council Chairman Reappointed 23 May 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: First Ambassador to East Timor 20 May 2002 Australia Welcomes East Timor Independence 20 May 2002 Visit to East Timor, Thailand and Indonesia: 19-24 May 2002 17 May 2002 Timor Sea Treaty Negotiations Concluded 17 May 2002 New 'Smart Sanctions' Regime for Iraq 16 May 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates 16 May 2002 Joint release: Joint Budget 2002-03 Statement 14 May 2002 Cheaper Passports for Seniors and Research into Biometric Identifier 14 May 2002 Joint release: Investigating Team Visit to Guantanamo Bay 14 May 2002 Australian War Graves in France 10 May 2002 Joint release: Boost for Australia's Nuclear Watchdog Role 9 May 2002 Further Human Rights Workshops for Burma 8 May 2002 Joint release: Australia Joins Seventeen other Countries in Calling on Japan to End Scientific Whaling 7 May 2002 Releasing of Aung San Suu Kyi 6 May 2002 President Chirac's Important Victory 6 May 2002 Appointment to the Board of the Australia-Indonesia Institute 2 May 2002 April 2002 Australia and India Strengthen Strategic Dialogue 23 April 2002 United Nations Security Council 23 April 2002 Joint release: Further Steps to Prevent the Financing of Terrorism 18 April 2002 Australia Congratulates East Timor's New President 17 April 2002 Downer Visit to Belgium and India 16 April 2002 New $10M Station to Monitor Nuclear Explosions 15 April 2002 Australia Welcomes Positive Developments in Inter-Korean Relations 12 April 2002 Australia Condemns Maoist Violence Upsurge in Nepal 12 April 2002 China Releases Tibetan Prisoner 12 April 2002 Australia-Japan Foundation Chairman Reappointed 12 April 2002 Diplomatic Corps Visit to Western Australia 12 April 2002 Biological Weapons Convention 10 April 2002 Australia Welcomes Afghan Decree on Drug Eradication 7 April 2002 Australia to Send Observers to Presidential Elections in East Timor 7 April 2002 Presentation of Indigenous Film Gift to France to Mark Encounter 2002 5 April 2002 Meeting with Afghanistan Minister for Public Works 3 April 2002 Australia Secures Key Human Rights Role 2 April 2002 March 2002 Israeli-Palestinian Violence 28 March 2002 Historic Vote on Bougainville 27 March 2002 Zimbabwe: Australian Cricket Tour 27 March 2002 Joint release: Changes to International Dispute Resolution 25 March 2002 Bougainville Peace Process 25 March 2002 Sir Walter Crocker Celebrates 100 Years 25 March 2002 Joint release: UN Report Has No Credibility 22 March 2002 Joint release: Australia Signs Historic Consumer Protection Arrangements with the EC 22 March 2002 Joint release: Further steps to prevent the Financing of Terrorism 20 March 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador for the Environment 15 March 2002 Visit by China's Minister for Foreign Affairs 15 March 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to South Africa 13 March 2002 Joint release: Australia must be consulted on airport's war graves impact 11 March 2002 New Ways to Make Travel Trouble-Free 7 March 2002 Australia Contributes to New International Fund to Combat Nuclear/Radiological Terrorism 6 March 2002 Australia and Cameroon Establish Diplomatic Relations 2 March 2002 Joint release: Afghanistan Australia Indonesia 1 March 2002 Consultation Urged on OECD Harmful Tax Initiative 1 March 2002 February 2002 Co-chairs' Statement: Bali Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime 28 February 2002 Agreement Reached at Regional Ministerial Conference 28 February 2002 Ambassador for People Smuggling Issues 28 February 2002 Breakdown of Peace in Colombia 28 February 2002 Sri Lanka Peace Process 24 February 2002 Trilateral Meeting in Bali 22 February 2002 Downer to Travel to Bali for Conference on People Smuggling 22 February 2002 Zimbabwe: European Union Election Observers 20 February 2002 Joint release: Advancing the National Interest 15 February 2002 Joint release: Response to President Bush's Announcement on Climate Change 15 February 2002 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' Special Envoy 11 February 2002 Khmer Rouge Tribunal Should Not be Abandoned 11 February 2002 Cambodia Holds Local Elections 8 February 2002 Commonwealth Observer Group to monitor Zimbabwe elections 6 February 2002 'The Age' and missile defence 6 February 2002 Zimbabwe - Passage of New Media Law 2 February 2002 Australia and the EU Establish New Strategic Dialogue 1 February 2002 January 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Philippines 30 January 2002 Sri Lanka Peace Process 29 January 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Brazil 29 January 2002 Visit to the UK, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Poland and Russia 25 January 2002 Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Vietnam 25 January 2002 PNG Vote on Bougainville Peace Deal 24 January 2002 Bougainville Peace process 22 January 2002 China Releases Ngawang Choephel 22 January 2002 Government of Papua New Guinea Agreement to Expansion of Manus Island Processing Facility 18 January 2002 50th Anniversary of Australian Relations with Laos 15 January 2002 Singapore Speech by Prime Minister Koizumi 14 January 2002 Presidential Election in Zimbabwe 11 January 2002 Visit to Solomon Islands 6 January 2002 Australia and Asia: Change and Challenge Article in The Australian 4 January 2002 India-Pakistan Conflict 2 January 2002
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