Speeches from the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer

1999

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December

• Fiji and Australia - Doing Business Together in the Region and the World
  Speech by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Fiji-Australia Business Council,
  16 December 1999
• Australia at Year's End - Retrospect and Prospect
  Speech at the National Press Club
  Canberra, 1 December 1999. Also see - Australia at Year's End - Retrospect and Prospect - Questions and Answers

November

• East Timor - The Way Ahead
  Speech to the Rotary Club of Sydney
  Sydney, 30 November 1999
• Australia and China - Partners for Progress
  Speech at the 1999 China Oration of the Australia-China Business Council
  Sydney, 25 November 1999
• Australia and Thailand: Strong Partners in the Region
  Speech at the Thai-Australia Automotive Industries Dinner
  Sukhothai Hotel, Bangkok, 16 November 1999

October

• Australia, Indonesia and East Timor - Moving Forward
  Speech to the Griffith Asia Pacific Council
  Brisbane, 29 October 1999
• The NPT - Future Challenges and Outlook for the 2000 Review Conference
  Keynote speech to the Conference on Nuclear Arms Control: Australian and Regional Perspectives Towards 2000
  University of Queensland, Brisbane, 29 October 1999
• Governance and the Future of our Region
  Speech to the 1999 Heindorf Lecture of the Australian Institute of International Affairs
  Brisbane, 28 October 1999

September

• The United Nations: Building on Strength
  Statement to the 54th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
  New York, 29 September 1999
• Change In Asia - An Australian Perspective
  Speech to the Asia Society
  New York, USA, 28 September 1999

August

• A Legacy of Freedom
  Speech to the FORUM 99 Meeting of the Australian American Education Leadership Foundation
  Sydney, 28 August 1999
• Australia and Asia - Traders and Partners
  Speech to the Asia Society AustralAsia Centre
  Perth, 19 August 1999
• Governance In The Asia Pacific - Challenges For The 21st Century
  Speech to the Asia Research Centre
  Perth, 18 August 1999
• Australia - Effective Action on Human Rights
  Speech to the NSW Branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs
  Sydney, 5 August 1999
• Australia and the United States : Old Friends and New Priorities
  Speech to the American Chamber of Commerce
  Sydney, 5 August 1999

July

• 32nd ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference - Australia-ASEAN Bilateral Meeting
  Opening Statement to the 32nd ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference Plenary Session
  Singapore, 27 July 1999
• 32nd ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference - Plenary Session
  Opening Statement to the 32nd ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference Plenary Session
  Singapore, 27 July 1999
• Australia Indonesia Business Council
  Address to the Australia Indonesia Business Council Forum
  Sheraton Hotel, Melbourne, 20 July 1999
• Australian Leadership In Asia
  Speech to the Austcham/AXA Breakfast Briefing
  Island Shangri La Hotel, Hong Kong, 16 July 1999

June

• Democratising The Treaty-Making Process
  Speech to the Conference on the Role of Parliament in Treaty-Making
  Parliament House, Canberra, 24 June 1999

May

• East Timor and Australia: AIIA Contributions to the Policy Debate
  Speech at the launch of the book East Timor and Australia: AIIA Contributions to the Policy Debate
  Parliament House, Canberra, 25 May 1999
• Australia and the European Ideal
  Speech to the 1999 Schuman Day Lecture
  Australian National University, Canberra, 13 May 1999

April

• Australia and Asia - a New Paradigm for the Relationship
  Speech to the Foreign Correspondents' Association
  Sydney, 16 April 1999

March

• Indonesia, East Timor and Australia: New Challenges, Enduring Interests
  Speech to the National Press Club
  Canberra, 31 March 1999
• Australia's Role in a Region in Crisis: Leading by Example
  Address to The Economist's Sixth Foreign Investor Roundtable,
  Hyatt Hotel, Canberra, 30 March 1999
• Australia and Malaysia: An Enduring Relationship
  Address to the Australia-Malaysia Business Council Dinner
  Melbourne,18 March 1999
• Responding to the Asia Crisis: Charting the Way Forward
  Speech at the opening dinner of the Sydney Meeting on Development Cooperation: Responding to the Asia Crisis
  Sydney, 4 March 1999
  • Also see the Communique of the Sydney Meeting on Development Cooperation: Responding to the Asia Crisis
• Australia - Responding To Indonesia's Transformation
  Address in the Australia-Asia Institute's 1999 Australia in Asia Lecture Series
  Sydney, 1 March 1999

February

• Asia-Pacific Approaches to Disarmament, The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, and International Humanitarian Law
  Keynote speech to the Commemoration of the Centenary of the 1899 Hague Peace Conference
  Melbourne, 18 February 1999
• Australia and Europe: Not So Distant Neighbours
  Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs at the ABIE Breakfast, Brussels, 4 February 1999.  
• Australia: Beyond the Regional Financial Crisis
  London, England, 1 February 1999
• Australian Business Group in the Gulf
  Dubai, UAE, 28 January 1999

January

• The Annual Conference of the Federation of Cypriot Communities
  Adelaide, 22 January 1999