Speeches from the Former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer
1999
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 - 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