Alexander Downer
Alexander Downer
Alexander John Gosse Downer, ACis a former Australian Liberal Party politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007, the longest-serving in Australian history. He was also the Leader of the Opposition for eight months from 1994 to 1995. Until early February 2014, Downer was the United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 September 1951
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The kangaroos appear to hop up and down when the page is moved backwards and forwards, and my department thinks that that is a very nice touch,
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Countries in the region must learn from the SARS experience,
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No one is suggesting, and no one should suggest, that the United States is anything but vigilant and determined in its opposition to the proliferation and even the use of biological weapons,
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that there are some people on earth who are so wicked and so evil that nothing can be done but to confront them.
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If these talks are a success, clearly we hope a U.N. presence can be on the ground in the next few weeks,
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I'm not criticising the defence team, because I don't set myself up as the person who they should turn to for advice on their defence.
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There can be no justification for the continued detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters and I urge that they be released immediately,
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Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get into any discussion about that aspect of intelligence matters.
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vital interest in finding a constructive diplomatic solution to address the nuclear question.
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We hope that it's going to be possible to get back on to the diplomatic path before too long,
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We ask that the length of the sentence be appealed in the Indonesian courts.
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We want to keep supporting the Indonesian government, the Indonesian police, the Indonesian intelligence services and, of course, the people of Indonesia,
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We think, at the end of the day, it makes a great deal more sense to have dialogue with North Korea, rather than to freeze them out of regional and international arrangements,
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The onus of that task falls on the armed forces and the police force in East Timor and they haven't done a good job in recent times. It's important that they perform more effectively and do everything they can to stop the violence and move to disarm the two sides -- the paramilitaries and the pro-independence side,