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12 May 2008
Media Release: Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs The Hon Mr Stephen Smith MP Urges Countries to Bring the Ban on Nuclear Testing into Force

11 May 2008
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8 May 2008
Media Release: Australian Parliamentary Secretary for international development assistance, The Hon Mr Bob McMullen MP announces a $24 million four-year program is helping to create short-term employment opportunities and establish vocational education and training benefiting up to 70,000 young people.

7 May 2008
Media Release: Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs The Hon Mr Stephen Smith MP has renewed calls for universal adherence to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)

6 May 2008
Statement delivered by Ms Stephanie Oberscheider, Executive Officer, Environment Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to the Ad Hoc Working Group on Agenda Item 5a: Anthropogenic impacts

5 May 2008
Media Release: Australian Parliamentary Secretary for international development assistance, The Hon Mr Bob McMullen MP announces that the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and AusAID are providing $1.5 million funding over four years to increase wheat and maize production in Afghanistan

3 May 2008
Media Release: Australian Foreign Minister, Mr Stephen Smith announces that Australia has begun the the necessary consultations on Australia becoming a party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture.

3 May 2008
Media Release: Australian Foreign Minister, Mr Stephen Smith welcomes the UN Convention on the Disabilities

1 May 2008
Media Release: Australian Foreign Minister, Mr Stephen Smith on Australia's contribution of $30 million to the World Food Programme emergency appeal

1 May 2008
Media release: Australian Foreign Minister, Mr Stephen Smith on the constitutional referendum in Burma

1 May 2008
Melanie Poole and Elizabeth Shaw have been appointed as Australia's offical youth ambassadors for the 2008 United Nations General Assembly. Click here for more information about their role and youth representative program

26 April 2008
Press Conference: Australian Prime Minister,The Hon Mr Kevin Rudd, MP on the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan

30 April 2008
Media Release: Australian Foreign Minister, Mr Stephen Smith on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and calls for an arms moratorium

30 April 2008
Media Release: Australian Foreign Minister, Mr Stephen Smith announces the appointment of a new Australian Ambassador to Russia and High Commissioner to Cyprus

26 April 2008
Media Release: Australian Prime Minister, The Hon Mr Kevin Rudd, MP announces that Australia will withdraw the additional 200 troops deployed to Timor Leste following the attacks on 11 February on President Ramos-Horta

26 April 2008
Press Conference: Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Hon Mr Stephen Smith, MP on reports that China has agreed to initiate contact and consultations with the Dalai Lama’s representatives

23 April 2008
Statement by Mr Greg Roche, Assistant Secretary, Australian Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to the Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on Climate Change in the Pacific

22 April 2008
Statement by Ms Shirley McPherson, Chair, Australian Indigenous Land Corporation to the Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on Climate Change and Biodiversity in Australia

21 April 2008
Opening Statement by Mr Bernie Yates, Deputy Secretary, Australian Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

15 April 2008
Media Release: Australian Foreign Minister, The Hon Stephen Smith MP on the Zimbabwe elections

15 April 2008
Media Release: Australian Foreign Minister, The Hon Stephen Smith MP on Japanese whaling

10 April 2008
Statement by Mr Andrew Rose, First Secretary and Legal Adviser of Australia, on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand, to the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on the Administration of Justice

8 April 2008
Statement by H.E. the Hon. Robert Hill Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Disarmament Commission

7 April 2008
Statement by Mr Hugh Adsett, Representative of Canada to the United Nations, on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand to the Ad Hoc Committee on criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on Mission.

7 April 2008 
Press Conference Transcript: PM Kevin Rudd announces that Australia will join the International Carbon Action Partnership and work further on Carbon Capture and Storage. PM Rudd also announces that Australia will sign up to the International Health Partnership. 
 

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