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Latest Statements - 2026

29 October 2026 
UN General Assembly Plenary Debate: Report of the International Court of Justice

28 October 2026
UNGA resolution on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba

27 October 2026 
UNGA Sixth Committee: Plenary debate on International Law Commission Report – Cluster I 
UN Security Council Open Debate: Women, Peace and Security in the Next Quarter-Century 

26 October 2026
Third Committee Statement at the Interactive Dialogue with the Independant Dialogue with the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel
UN General Assembly: Maintenance of International Peace  and Security: Use of the veto
UNSC Statement on Emerging Technologies and Maritime Security 

 

22 October 2026
UNGA: Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council

21 October 2026 
Ninth Annual Consultative Meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council and the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission

16 October 2026
Third Committee Statement at the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

15 October 2026
Fourth Committee Explanation of Voting: The Question of Western Sahara Resolution
Fourth Committee CANZ Statement on Addressing Contemporary Forms of Colonialism
United Nations Security Council: Quarterly Debate on the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question

13 October 2026
UNGA Sixth Committee: Plenary debate on United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters

12 October 2026
General Assembly Plenary Adoption of UN Declaration on Sea Level Rise

08 October 2026
Joint Debate on the Implementation of UN Resolutions and the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly
Second Committee CANZ Statement on Agenda Item 15 and Item 16

05 October 2026
UNGA81 Fifth Committee Main Session

01 October 2026
UN General Assembly Debate on Use of the Veto – 1737 Iran Sanctions Committee Panel of Experts

17 September 2026
Global Conference on Promoting Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue and Tolerance in Countering Hate Speech

16 September 2026
Arria-Formula Meeting of the Security Council on Upholding International Law in Situations of Armed Conflict

3 September 2026
UN80: Secretary-General brief and Co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Mandate Implementation Review progress update

1 September 2026
CANZ Statement for a General Assembly plenary meeting on the situation in the temporarily-occupied territories of Ukraine
Australia's National Intervention to the UNICEF Executive Director
International Meeting on Victim Assistance and Environmental Remediation

31 August 2026
UN High Level Meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day Against Nuclear Tests

28 August 2026
Informal Dialogue on General Assembly Revitalization

26 August 2026
Briefing on the Secretary General’s Review on the future of all forms of United Nations peace operations

25 August 2026
UNSC Open Debate - Food Under Fire: The Security Council’s Role in Mitigating Global and Local Food Crises

19 August 2026
UN Security Council: Annual Open Debate on Working Methods

10 August 2026
Implementing international humanitarian law: prisoners of war, civilian detainees and foreign fighters, in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine

07 August 2026
Arria-formula meeting on safeguarding education in Sudan: investing in peace, recovery and stability

30 July 2026
Joint Statement of the Group of Friends for Combating Technology-Facilitated Trafficking in Persons on the Occasion of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

29 July 2026
Ambassadorial-level Meeting of the UN Peacebuilding Commission on Mine Action
UN80: Workstream Three: Secretary-General’s UN80 Briefing

28 July 2026
United Nations Security Council: Quarterly debate on the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question

24 July 2026
MIKTA Statement - President of the General Assembly’s Signature Event on Climate

23 July 2026
MIKTA Statement - Strengthening the mechanisms for peaceful settlement of disputes
National Statement – Strengthening the mechanisms for peaceful settlement of disputes
Global Mechanism on ICTs in the Context of International Security - Australian Statement on Capacity Building
Global Mechanism on ICTs in the Context of International Security - Australian Statement on Confidence Building Measures

22 July 2026
Global Mechanism on ICTs in the Context of International Security - Australian Statement on International Law

21 July 2026
Arria-formula meeting of the Security Council on transitional justice and missing persons in the Syrian Arab Republic
Global Mechanism on ICTs in the Context of International Security, first plenary session - Australian Statement on Norms, Rules and Standards
Global Mechanism on ICTs in the Context of International Security - Australian Statement on Existing and Potential Threats

15 July 2026
HLPF Ministerial Declaration 2026: CANZ Explanation of Position

14 July 2026
High-Level Meeting on Critical Energy Transition Minerals

10 July 2026
UN General Assembly Debate on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba

08 July 2026
UNSC Open Debate on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence - CANZ Statement

30 June 2026
High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies

26 June 2026
UN Charter Day Commemoration

25 June 2026
UN Peacebuilding Week: UNGA Debate on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace
UN Peacebuilding Week: Celebrating 20 years of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture

24 June 2026
UNSC Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict - CANZ Statement

23 June 2026
Arria-Formula Meeting of the Security Council on Bridging the Implementation Gap: Security Council Resolutions and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security

22 June 2026
High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS - CANZ Statement
Joint PBC and ECOSOC meeting at the inaugural UN Peacebuilding Week - MIKTA Statement

16 June 2026
Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform

18 June 2026
UN High-Level Event: 5th International Day for Countering Hate Speech

10 June 2026
UNSC Open Debate: Advancing Political Solutions in the Middle East: Mediation and Dialogue for Lasting Peace

8 June 2026
UN General Assembly - Debate on Trafficking in wildlife and crimes affecting the environment

5 June 2026
CANZ Statement on A/80/L.73: Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia under Agenda Item 33. Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development

Plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Report of the UN Security Council 2025

3 June
Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects BMS9

1 June 2026
UN General Assembly debate - Strengthening the role of Mediation in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects BMS9

29 May 2026
Joint Statement DPRK Sanctions Accountability

28 May 2026
UN80: Workstream Three: Secretary-General briefing on UN80

26 May 2026
Joint UNSC Press Stakeout led by Ukraine
United Nations Security Council: Upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter

21 May 2026
Joint statement by 41 Members of the Inter-Regional Task Force on the Moratorium on the use of the Death Penalty

20 May 2026
Protection of Civilians Week 2026 - Open Debate
Explanation of Vote - GA resolution on the ICJ advisory opinion on climate change

15 May 2026
Safeguarding energy and supply flows: Supporting global development through international cooperation
UN Forum on Forests

11 May 2026
Statement on Item 1, Election of Officers: 21st UN Forum on Forests

8 May 2026
United Nations Security Council "Arria-Formula" Meeting on the West Bank, including East Jerusalem

6 May 2026
A decade of resolution 2286: protecting medical care and humanitarian personnel in conflict

4 May 2026
General Assembly Fifth Committee 80th Second Resumed Session

29 April 2026
UN80: Secretariat update on the UN80 Initiative – Regional Reset, Shared Platform Initiative and Joint Knowledge Hubs

27 April 2026
Australia’s National Statement to the 11th NPT RevCon Plenary
Intervention - 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapon
UNSC open debate on the Safety and Protection of Waterways in the Maritime Domain

26 April 2026
Quarterly debate on the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question

24 April 2026
The Pact for the Future and the UN80 Initiative: From Commitments to Delivery

16 April 2026
UN General Assembly Plenary Meeting: Prevention of Armed Conflict – International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) for Syria
General Assembly consideration under the veto initiative of Bahrain’s UNSC Resolution on the Strait of Hormuz

31 March 2026
Declaration on the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel of Africans as the gravest Crime Against Humanity
UN80: Workstream 2: Informal Ad Hoc Working Group: General Assembly Adoption

27 March 2026
International Day of Zero Waste 2026

18 March 2026
Annual Strategic Dialogue on the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund

17 March 2026
CSW70 Joint Statement on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan

16 March 2026
High-Level Event in Commemoration of the International Day to Combat Islamophobia

11 March 2026
Australia’s National Statement to the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

3 March 2026
UN80: Workstream 2: Informal Ad Hoc Working Group: General Statement in response to Rev. 1 of Informal Ad Hoc Working Group GA Resolution

27 February 2026
UN80 Secretariat update to Member States on the UN80 Initiative

24 February 2026
UN General Assembly Eleventh Emergency Special Session - Ukraine
UNSC Arria Formula: Red Hand Day 2026: Safe Education to Prevent the Recruitment and Use of Children in Armed Conflict
UNGA80 Fifth Committee First Resumed Session

18 February 2026
Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations C34 General Debate
UN Women Opening Session - Australian Intervention

10 February 2026
Australian Intervention UNICEF Executive Board

4 Feburary 2026
UNFPA Executive Board First Regular Session

3 February 2026
UNDP Executive Board First Regular Session

2 February 2026
Intervention - Engagement with UN80 Initiative

30 January 2026
Joint briefing by the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, 81st session

29 January 2026
UN Peacebuilding Commission – 20th Session of the Organizational Committee (Annual Session)

28 January 2026
United Nations Security Council: Middle East Peace Process Quarterly Debate

26 January 2026
UN80: Secretariat update to Member States on the UN80 Initiative
Open Debate of the UN Security Council on Promotion and Strengthening Of The Rule Of Law

22 January 2026
Australia’s National Day of Mourning: New York Event
UN Peacebuilding Commission Ambassadorial-level meeting on Mauritania’s national prevention and peacebuilding efforts

19 January 2025
UN80: Workstream Two: Meeting of the IAHWG to hear general statements in response to the zero draft

16 January 2026
Informal Meeting of the UN General Assembly to inform the introduction to the Annual Report of the Security Council

12 January 2026
UNSC Arria Formula: Advancing New Paradigms for Peacebuilding: Fortifying Inclusive and Sustainable Approaches to Peacemaking
Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) - Second Report Launch Event