The Delegation at the United Nations at Geneva.

• CERD - 56th Session
  [13th March 2000]
  
  
  • Joint ATSIC/NIWG/FAIRA Statement presented to CHR on Friday 14 April 2000
  • NORTH AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL LEGAL AID SERVICE Submission to the Committee of the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination regarding Australia's periodic report for the period 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1998
  • National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title Submission to the Fifty-sixth Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and letter to the chairman of CERD
  • United Nations Press Release - Morning 24 March 2000
  • United Nations Press Release - Morning 22 March 2000 - Asks for More Affirmative Action by the Government to Decrease Racial Discrimination
  • United Nations Press Release - Afternoon 22 March 2000
  • United Nations Press Release - Afternoon 21 March 2000
  • Summary List of Concerns and Recommendations by CERD 56th session on Australia
  • Concluding Observations by CERD 56th session on Australia [Local Link]
  • Summary Record of the 1393rd Meeting Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva,on Tuesday, 21 March 2000, at 3.30 p.m. [Document in PDF format] [Document in MS Word format]
  • Transcript of Australia's Hearing before the CERD Committee - Transcript of the 1393rd, 1394th and 1395th Meetings held during the Fifty-Sixth Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination during its consideration of Australia's Tenth, Eleventh and Twelvth Periodic Reports and its continuing consideration of the matters considered by the Committee at its 54th and 55th Sessions in 1999.
    
    
    
• CERD - 55th Session
  [16th August 1999]
  
  
  • Australia's Comments on Decision 2 (54) of 18 March pursuant to Article 9 (2) of the Convention
  • Press Release - Australian Government Report to UN Offends Human Rights Principles
  • Press Release - CERD Maintains Pressure on Australian Racism
  • Draft Decision on Australia
  • Press Release - CERD Examines Situation in Australia, Adopts Decision
  • CERD Decision 2 (55) on Australia [16th August 1999]
    
    
    
• CERD - 54th Session
  [18th March 1999]
  
  
  • Report to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by Ms G McDougall
  • Additional Information from State Party - The Australian government's response to CERD's request. [13 January 1999]
  • Decision 2 (54) on Australia - the decision of CERD relating to Australia. [Local Link]
  • Summary record of the 1323rd meeting: Australia - Summard record of the CERD meeting with Australian government representatives on the afternoon of 12 March 1999
  • Summary Record of CERD's 1324th meeting [15 March 1999]
  • Key Extracts from the CERD Committee Decision
  • Press Release - Indigenous People of Australia Welcome CERD Findings
  • Press Release - Australia: government's dismissal of UN criticism undermines hard-earned credibility in human rights diplomacy [19th March 1999]
  • Native Title laws breach UN race rules (The Australian) [20th March 1999] [Broken Link]
  • Transcript of Australia's Hearing before the CERD Committee
    
    
    
• CERD - 53rd Session
  [11th August 1998]
  
  
  • Decision 1 (53) on Australia - CERD's decision to request information from the Australian government about changes to the Native Title Act etc.

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