The Hon. Alexander Downer, MP
The Hon. Alexander Downer, MP
 MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AUSTRALIA

Speeches from the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer

1996

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Strengthening Australia's Human Rights Credentials
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs to a Forum on Australia's Human Rights Obligations for Human Rights Day, National Press Club, Tuesday 10 December 1996

Regional Cooperation and Security. Address by Hon Alexander Downer, MP, to the Australian College of Defence and Strategic Studies, Canberra Friday 6 December 1996

Australia's Place in the World
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the NSW Division of the Liberal Party, Sydney, Tuesday 26 November, 1996

Richard Casey's Enduring Legacy
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Opening of the R G Casey Building, Canberra, 29 November, 1996.

Australia and its Neighbours
Article by Mr Downer for regional press

Australia's Commitment to the Region
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Asia-Australia Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 November 1996.

Article for the Times of India by the Australian Foreign Minister, Mr Alexander Downer

Australia India New Horizons: Towards a Strengthened Partnership
Speech by the Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), New Delhi, October 23 1996

Australians and Malaysians: A New Era of Partnership
Keynote Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, at the Malaysian Australian Alumni Convention, Kuala Lumpur, 19 October 1996.

Packaging Australia's Export Future
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Packaging Council of Australia's Australian, Packaging Awards Dinner, Melbourne, 16 October 1996.

The United Nations for the 21st Century
Statement to the Fifty-first General Assembly of the United Nations by Mr Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, New York, 30 September 1996

Cooperative Peace and Security in the Indian Ocena Region
Address by Senator Ian Campbell to Open the Bilateral Seminar on `Cooperative Peace and Security in the Indian Ocean Region', Centre for Maritime Policy, University of Wollongong, 27 September 1996

Australia and the United Kingdom
Speech by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a Joint Meeting of Australian Business in Europe and the Australia British Chamber of Commerce, 20 September 1996.

Asia Pacific Security: Practical Cooperation in an Asian Context
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, 19 September 1996.

Australia, Germany and Europe: A New Partnership
Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Konrad Adenauer Institute, Bonn, 18 September 1996.

Australia and Germany
Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at a lunch hosted by the Australia-New Zealand Association and the Asia-Pacific Association of German Industry, Bonn,
18 September 1996

Australia and India: Moving Towards New Horizons
Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the NSW State Chamber of Commerce, Sydney, 4 September 1996.

Inventive Australia- Creative Adelaide
Address by Mr Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Launch of Inventive Australia Creative Adelaide, Adelaide, 31 July

Human Rights in Australian Foreign Policy
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at Consultations between the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Non-Government Organisations on Human Rights, Parliament House, Tuesday 30 July 1996

Australia's renewed Commitment to the South Pacific
Address by the Hon. Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Centre for South Pacific Studies, University of New South Wales, 18 July 1996

Australia, North East Asia and China - Opportunities in a Changing World
Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, at a joint Asia House/Austcham luncheon, Hong Kong, 4 July 1996

The ROK - An Emerging Economic and Strategic Power
Address by Mr Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, to the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club, 1 July 1996

Australia and India - New Horizons in our Relations
Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister For Foreign Affairs, at the Opening Of Indian Textiles Exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia, Friday 28 June 1996

Australian Foreign Policy and Europe: Old Friends, New Challenges
Speech by Mr Petro Georgiou, MP, to the Second Hellenic Council Conference, Canberra, 22 June 1996
Australia and Japan - Cooperation in the Region
Introductory Statement by the Hon. Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at Japan's National Press Club, Tokyo, 6 June 1996

Australia, Israel and the Middle East - A Time to Rebuild
Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the 37th Biennial Conference of the Zionist Federation of Australia/ United Israel Appeal, Melbourne, 2 June 1996

Australia and the US - A Vital Friendship
Speech by Mr Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Australian Centre for American Studies, Sydney, 29 May 1996

Australia in Asia
Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the launch of the Australia in Asia Series at Mural Hall, Parliament House Canberra on Thursday, 23 May 1996.

Security Through Cooperation
Address by Mr Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the IISS/SDSC Conference, "The New Security Agenda in the Asia Pacific Region", Canberra, 2 May 1996.

Australia and Asia - Taking the Long View
Address by Mr Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Foreign Correspondents' Association, Sydney, 11 April 1996