Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

In line with the government's longstanding view, motions that cannot be debated or amended should not deal with complex foreign policy matters. The mandates of the United Nations peacekeeping missions are matters for the UN General Assembly and Security Council to consider in the correct forum and in the context of the resolutions passed by member states. Australia is a longstanding and strong supporter of the United Nations and other bodies such as the Human Rights Council. Successive Australian governments have used these forums to properly consider and decide the UN approach to issues of human rights, peace and peacekeeping and conflict resolution.