Speeches from the Former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer
1997
Our Global Future: Harnessing
Education's Power
Occasional Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister
for Foreign Affairs, to the International Degree Conferring Ceremony,
University of Melbourne, 18 December 1997.
Statement to the Ministerial Treaty Signing Conference for the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Landmines and on their Destruction. Statement by the Hon Alexander Downer, Ottawa 3 December 1997.
Globalisation or Globaphobia:
Does Australia have a choice?
Speech by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the National Press Club, Canberra, 1 December 1997.
Australia and the Region
Speech by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the MTIA Conference "How The Asian Economic
Turmoil Will Impact On Your Business", Melbourne, 28 November,
1997.
The Edinburgh CHOGM: The
Outcomes and Implications for Australia
Speech by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the ACT Branch of the Commonwealth Society, Canberra,
27 November 1997.
Australia and Malaysia
- Globalisation and the Regional Outlook
Speech by the Hon. Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the Australia-Malaysia Conference 1997, 19 November
1997.
Australia, Asia and
Globalisation
Speech by the Hon. Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the Asia Society and AUSTCHAM, Hong Kong, 15 October
1997.
Australia and the Philippines
- On the Threshold of a New Era
Speech by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the inaugural Philippine-Australia Dialogue, Manila,
11 October 1997.
Reinvigorating the United
Nations : Reform, Rights and Reconfiguration
Statement by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the 52nd General Assembly of the United Nations,
New York, 3 October 1997.
Australia's Asia
Pacific Endeavour
Speech by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the Asia Society, New York, 1 October 1997.
Australia and Europe: A Revitalised
Relationship
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the Australia-British Chamber of
Commerce, Sydney, 17 September 1997.
Australia and Thailand
: A Shared Future
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the 10th Joint Business Conference of the Australia
Thailand Business Council (ATBC), Perth, 15 September 1997.
New Business Opportunities
in the Australia-Japan Relationship
Speech by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the Australia Japan Business Symposium, Melbourne,
11 September 1997.
Australia and China: Engagement
and Cooperation
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the 1997 Australia in Asia Series, Sydney, 10 September
1997.
Charting Australia's Regional
Future: The White Paper on Foreign and Trade Policy
Speech by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the Foreign Correspondents' Association, Sydney,
29 August 1997.
Promoting Good Governance and Human
Rights through the Aid Program.
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs at the DFAT/NGO Human Rights Consultations, Canberra,
27 August 1997
ASEAN and Australia - A Future
Together
Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, to the ASEAN 30th Anniversary Seminar, Sydney, 26 August
1997.
Australia and New Zealand:
An Expanding Partnership
Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, to the University of Auckland, 22 August 1997.
Australia And The Pacific Islands Region: Building A Better Future Together. Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Fiji Australia Business Council, Suva, Fiji, 19 August 1997.
Australia and the United Kingdom: Natural Partners for the 21st Century. Address by The Hon. Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Australian Institute of International Affairs Conference, "Australia and Britain into the 21st Century: An Evolving Relationship Canberra 8 August 1997.
Australia and the Asia Pacific: Complementarity and Cooperation Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Institute for Policy Studies, Singapore, 4 August 1997.
Australia and Asia in an Era of Liberalised Trade Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the launch of the Inside Asia publication, Sydney, 18 July 1997.
Australia and the Region - Opportunities for the Petroleum Industry Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, Adelaide, 16 July 1997.
Australia and Asia - The Way Forward The BJ Dalton Memorial Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, James Cook University, Townsville, 8 July 1997
Australia and Climate Change. Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the "Global Emissions Agreements and Australian Business" Seminar, Melbourne, 7 July 1997.
The Mekong Basin - Poised for Takeoff? Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Australian Institute for International Affairs, Canberra, 19 June 1997
Australia-Indonesia: The Winning Team Opening Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the 24th Joint Conference of the Indonesia-Australia Business Council (IABC) and the Australia-Indonesia Business Council (AIBC), Denpasar, Bali, 16 June 1997
'Australia and Asia's Megamarket' : Challenge and Opportunity in Australia-Japan Relations Address by The Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to launch the EAAU study "A New Japan? Change in Asia's Megamarket", Melbourne, 11 June 1997
Reflecting on the Past ... Planning for the Future Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs at the Third National Conference of Australia-Japan Societies, Brisbane, 7 June 1997.
Australia's Asian Engagement. Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to launch "Seeking Asian Engagement - Australia in World Affairs, 1991-1995", Canberra, 28 May 1997.
'Natural Partners' - Australia and Japan : Past, Present and Future'. Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the 20th Australia Japan Relations Symposium, Canberra, 26 May 1997.
Australia and France: Reviving Australia's
Partnership with Europe.
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the French-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 21 May 1997.
Opportunities for Cooperation Between
Australia and Indonesia: Developing Eastern Indonesia
Keynote Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for
Foreign Affairs, to the seminar on the Australia-Indonesia Development
Area (AIDA), Sydney, 14 May 1997.
Australia's True Role in Asia.
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the Asialine Launch, Canberra, 1 May 1997.
Australia and China : A Partnership
in Growth.
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to launch the EAAU study "China Embraces the Market:
Achievements, Constraints and Opportunities", Sydney, 21
April 1997.
Australia's Foreign Policy
Address by the Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the Joint Services Staff College, Canberra, 26 March
1997
A Growing Partnership: Australia's
Relations with South America
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the ABN AMRO Hoare Govett - Rothschild Conference,
"South America - Resources and Infrastructure Investment
Opportunities", Sydney, 17 March 1997.
Looking West: Australia and The
Indian Ocean
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the International Business Council of Western Australia,
Perth, 13 March 1997.
Australia, Europe and Asia: Approaching
the 21st Century
Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA),
Chatham House, London, 5 February 1997
Conference on Disarmament
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, 30 January
1997.
Increasing Trade and Investment between
Australia and Europe
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to Australian Business in Europe, Brussels, 29 January
1997.
Australia and the Netherlands
-Investing in the Future
Address by the Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to Australian Business in Europe, Amsterdam, 28 January
1997
Asian Regional Security Issues
Address by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, to the Netherlands Atlantic Commission, The Hague, 27
January 1997.