Clear Thinking Down Under

LGF pointed out the changes to Australian foreign policy, in essence telling the UN to take a flying leap.

The Australian government on Thursday branded multilateral forums such as the United Nations "ineffective and unfocused" and said its foreign policy will increasingly rely on "coalitions of the willing" like the one that waged war in Iraq.

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer also said that in Canberra's view, other nations' sovereignty was "not absolute."
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"Some multilateral institutions will remain important to our interests," he said. "But increasingly multilateralism is a synonym for an ineffective and unfocused policy involving internationalism of the lowest common denominator."

He added: "We are prepared to join coalitions of the willing that can bring focus and purpose to addressing the urgent security and other challenges we face. ... Sovereignty in our view is not absolute. Acting for the benefit of humanity is more important."