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2018-11-09

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2019-05-07

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1. “Evidence shows that well-trained and well-equipped personnel give peacekeeping missions a greater chance to succeed. Australia looks to all Member States and the United Nations system to work together to ensure that training and capacity-building efforts meet the demands of modern peacekeeping.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

2. “The Secretariat's light coordination mechanism is a welcome step towards better coherence of training and capacity-building efforts. Improved access to the latest developments in peacekeeping policy and lessons learned will allow Member States to provide more targeted and mission-specific training. Australia sees great potential in online training as a mechanism to bring predeployment training to a wider audience. We have supported the Peace Operations Training Institute's development of an e-learning programme, which we consider to be a valuable example. Finally, Australia supports efforts to embed an integrated performance framework across missions and enhance data-driven reporting. A clear understanding of mission effectiveness will highlight where training efforts can be focused to improve performance.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

3. “The Australian Defence Force Peace Operations Training Centre also provides high-quality multinational training. Australia has sought to increase the participation of women in peacekeeping, and we fund women from a range of countries to attend peacekeeping training courses. Australia's peacekeeping cooperation with Viet Nam is one example of an effective partnership in practice. Together, we have worked to improve language capabilities to prepare medical personnel to deploy to South Sudan. Our emerging partnership with Fiji and New Zealand will also aim to strengthen capability through training and shared expertise. Improved information-sharing is also critical to allocate resources effectively against the needs of troop-contributing countries.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

4. “We must continue momentum and translate rhetoric into action. Sustaining peace demands innovation. Today, successful mandate implementation requires a continual evolution of training and significant improvements to joint planning and analysis. On partnerships, Australia recognizes their power to improve peacekeeping capability and performance. Strong partnerships at the bilateral, multilateral and regional levels provide the best opportunity to address key training and capability gaps. Since 1993, Australia has deployed instructors to support the development of peacekeeping capabilities in other countries. Mobile training teams are a cost- effective way of sharing the experiences of troop- contributing countries and building capacity.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

5. “I would like to begin by thanking Indonesia and Foreign Minister Marsudi for the choice of the topic for this open debate, which enables all of us to focus in a concrete way on achieving the peace that we seek. As the demands of modern peacekeeping grow more complex, training and capacity-building must keep pace with emerging requirements. Effective partnerships, improved information-sharing and reporting mechanisms are the foundation for better peacekeeping performance. Peacekeeping is not a static phenomenon. Today's missions operate in a very different environment from 1948, when Australia first deployed to support a United Nations peace operation. Australia welcomes progress to implement the Action for Peacekeeping initiative, which we see as a blueprint for enhancing performance, safety and security.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

6. “We welcome the General Assembly's adoption of resolutions on the mutually reinforcing pillars of reform, including on the United Nations development system. But there is more to do. In conclusion, protecting and strengthening the rules-based order benefits all of us and is a shared responsibility. We must work together to ensure that multilateral institutions are best equipped to engage effectively in the contemporary world.”

   2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source

7. “Just as peace and development are mutually reinforcing, respect for human rights is the foundation for peace and security. Indeed, one of the greatest challenges to the rules-based order is posed by States that question the universality of human rights. Australia is committed to a strong multilateral human rights system. We are committed to reforms that strengthen the United Nations Human Rights Council's credibility and effectiveness. We need stronger processes to ensure that Human Rights Council members uphold the highest human rights standards. Australia also supports Secretary-General Guterres's reform agenda. We see it as a key means to increase and strengthen United Nations effectiveness, and with it multilateralism, to promote sustaining peace and achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

   2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source

8. “As an island nation located at the confluence of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, we place particular importance on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The maritime boundary treaty agreed between Australia and Timor-Leste in 2018 is a testament to the way in which UNCLOS reinforces stability and allows countries to resolve disputes peacefully and without coercion. It is an example of the rules-based order in action. Other examples are the rules-based trading system centred on the World Trade Organization, which strongly advances the prosperity of all members, as well as rules and institutions that promote responses to global challenges like climate change or health security. The rules-based order also provides the framework for our efforts to support universal human rights.”

   2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source

9. “A rules-based order provides the foundation for our common security and prosperity, including for our region, the Indo-Pacific. It benefits all of us, from the smallest States to the largest States. It plays an important role in managing security challenges, such as the proliferation of weapons and terrorism. Australia believes firmly that global security and prosperity are best served when countries behave in accordance with international rules and norms; when open markets facilitate the free flow of trade, capital and ideas; when rights of freedom of navigation and overflight are upheld; and when disputes are resolved peacefully, without the threat or use of force.”

   2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source

10. “I thank China for convening this debate today. This is a challenging period for global cooperation. Geopolitical competition, propelled by rapid and accelerating change, as well as rising nationalism, pose powerful challenges to the core tenets ofmultilateralism. Australia recognizes the reality that great States have a significant role to play in shaping the international system. Australia considers that the world is safer and more prosperous when differences are managed and challenges met by agreed rules, and not by the exercise of power alone. Australia's 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper contends that there are few issues ofgreater significance than the continued success ofa rules-based international order. By extension, the role of the United Nations is paramount.”

    2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source