Australia bids for seat on UN Security Council

Prime Minister Julia Gillard addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York earlier and she took the opportunity to further Australia’s claim for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Australia is competing with Finland and Luxembourg for one of two available non-permanent places on the Security Council.Academic and author Alison Broinowski has worked extensively in the Australian Foreign Service and she is not convinced that Australia will successfully win a seat on the Council.

Speakers:

• Dr. Alison Broinowski
• research associate at Australia National University and senior research fellow at the University of Wollongong.