Australia is currently bidding for another term on the United Nations Security Council in 2029–30 as well as seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2018–20. But Australia’s broader engagement with the United Nations is patchy and underwhelming. It needs to be upgraded to ensure that Australia has a greater say on global...

Even as ASEAN’s strategic pertinence steadily increases, the member states of the grouping face a dilemma over collective action that challenges not only perceptions of ASEAN’s efficacy but also the overall security of Southeast Asia.

This white paper confirms the Prime Minister’s vision of an independent, truly global UK and an ambitious future relationship with the EU. On 17 January 2017 the Prime Minister set out the twelve principles which will guide the government in fulfilling the democratic will of the people of the United Kingdom. In this White Paper...

Aid organisation, CARE International, has issued a new report highlighting the top ten most underreported humanitarian crises of 2016. The report features food crises in Eritrea, Madagascar, North Korea and Papua New Guinea; conflicts in Burundi, Lake Chad Basin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan and last year’s monsoon floods in Bangladesh. Using...

In 1996 DFAT and Australian non-government organisations (NGOs) initiated an accreditation scheme for NGOs participating in the official Australian aid program. Accreditation enables NGOs to participate in the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP). Accreditation acts as a front-end risk management and due diligence process. It is one component of the Department of Foreign Affairs and...