United Nations General Assembly, New York, September 2014

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Hassan Shoukry, at the United Nations in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Hassan Shoukry, at the United Nations in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iraq, chaired by United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iraq, chaired by United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Before a United Nations Security Council meeting on the investigation into the downing of MH17, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop talks with Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans, United States Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power and Australian Ambassador

Before a United Nations Security Council meeting on the investigation into the downing of MH17, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop talks with Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans, United States Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power and Australian Ambassador to the UN, Gary Quinlan in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks to press at the United Nations in New York on 19 September 2014.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks to press at the United Nations in New York on 19 September 2014.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird at the United Nations Security Council in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird at the United Nations Security Council in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Julie Bishop meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Hassan Shoukry, at the United Nations in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Julie Bishop meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Hassan Shoukry, at the United Nations in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop consults with Australian Ambassador to the United Nations during a UN Security Council meeting on the investigation into the downing of MH17 in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop consults with Australian Ambassador to the United Nations during a UN Security Council meeting on the investigation into the downing of MH17 in New York on 19 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with H.E. Dr Nabil Elaraby, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States in New York on 20 September, 2014.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with H.E. Dr Nabil Elaraby, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States in New York on 20 September, 2014.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with H.E. Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in New York on 20 September, 2014.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with H.E. Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in New York on 20 September, 2014.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms Valerie Amos, in New York, 21 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms Valerie Amos, in New York, 21 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Jean-Marie Guéhenno, President of the International Crisis Group. New York, 21 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Jean-Marie Guéhenno, President of the International Crisis Group. New York, 21 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop greets United States Secretary of State, John Kerry at a meeting of the Major Economies Forum in New York, 21 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop greets United States Secretary of State, John Kerry at a meeting of the Major Economies Forum in New York, 21 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Jean-Marie Guéhenno, President of the International Crisis Group in New York. 21 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Jean-Marie Guéhenno, President of the International Crisis Group in New York. 21 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with representatives of Jewish organisations in New York. 21 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with representatives of Jewish organisations in New York. 21 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).
Ms Shira Loewenberg, American Jewish Committee; Ms Kim Pimley, National Chair for Leadership Development, American Jewish Committee; Mr Allen Jacobs, President, B’nai B’rith; Mr David Michaels, Director of UN and Intercommunal Affairs, B’nai B’rith; Mr Barry Curtiss-Lusher, National Chair, Anti-Defamation League; Ms Evelyn Sommer, North American Chair, World Jewish Congress (WJC); Mr Marc Jason, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, in New York, 21 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, in New York, 21 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with H.R.H Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia. New York, 21 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with H.R.H Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia. New York, 21 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with HE Mr Abdul Hassan Mahmood Ali, Minister of Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, at the United Nations in New York, on 22 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with HE Mr Abdul Hassan Mahmood Ali, Minister of Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, at the United Nations in New York, on 22 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with United States Secretary of State John Kerry and other foreign ministers at the Equal Futures Partnership event in New York on 22 September 2014.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with United States Secretary of State John Kerry and other foreign ministers at the Equal Futures Partnership event in New York on 22 September 2014.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at the Equal Futures Partnership event in New York on 22 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at the Equal Futures Partnership event in New York on 22 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with HE Hector Marcos Timerman, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of the Argentine Republic, at the United Nations in New York, on 22 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with HE Hector Marcos Timerman, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of the Argentine Republic, at the United Nations in New York, on 22 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with the Foreign Minister of Iraq, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, at the United Nations in New York. 22 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with the Foreign Minister of Iraq, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, at the United Nations in New York. 22 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with HE Mr Linas Linkevicius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, at the United Nations in New York, on 22 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with HE Mr Linas Linkevicius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, at the United Nations in New York, on 22 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to the Pakistan PM on National Security and Foreign Affairs, at the United Nations in New York, on 22 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to the Pakistan PM on National Security and Foreign Affairs, at the United Nations in New York, on 22 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with HH Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of United Arab Emirates, at the United Nations in New York, on 22 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with HH Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of United Arab Emirates, at the United Nations in New York, on 22 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT).

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks in the United Nations General Assembly Hall at the International Conference on Population and Development. New York, 22 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks in the United Nations General Assembly Hall at the International Conference on Population and Development. New York, 22 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks in the United Nations General Assembly Hall at the International Conference on Population and Development. New York, 22 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks in the United Nations General Assembly Hall at the International Conference on Population and Development. New York, 22 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at the World Conference of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations in New York on 22 September, 2014.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at the World Conference of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations in New York on 22 September, 2014.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at a meeting of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum in New York. 23 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at a meeting of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum in New York. 23 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York. 23 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York. 23 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks with Australian press following a meeting of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum in New York. 23 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks with Australian press following a meeting of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum in New York. 23 September, 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, H.E Mr Yun Byung-se, at the United Nations in New York. 23 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, H.E Mr Yun Byung-se, at the United Nations in New York. 23 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussien in New York. 23 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussien in New York. 23 September 2014. (Trevor Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop talks with her Canadian counterpart, Hon. John Baird, at the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum in New York. 23 September, 2104. (Collens/DFAT)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop talks with her Canadian counterpart, Hon. John Baird, at the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum in New York. 23 September, 2104. (Collens/DFAT)