International
Membership in International Organizations
Economic/Trade: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Asian Development Bank, Bank for International Settlements, Commonwealth, Cairns Group (agricultural trade), Financial Stability Forum, Food and Agriculture Organization, Friends of Fish (fishing reform), Group of 20, International Chamber of Commerce, International Labour Organization, International Monetary Fund, International Telecommunication Union, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris Club, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Bank, World Customs Organization, World Trade Organization, and World Wine Trade Group. Security/Political: Australia Group (non-proliferation), CANZ (caucus on UN issues), Group of 10, Geneva Group (UN reform), International Atomic Energy Agency, International Criminal Court, International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), JUSCANZ (UN coordination), Margineers Group (continental shelf limits), Missile Technology Control Regime, Nuclear Suppliers Group, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, United Nations, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, Wassenaar Arrangement (arms transfers), and Zangger Committee (non-proliferation). Environmental: Biosafety Commodity Exporters Group, Umbrella Group (climate change), Valdivia Group (Southern Hemisphere environmental issues), and Whale Protection Group. Other: Consular Colloque (consular issues), Five Nations Conference (travel documentation), International Civil Aviation Organization, International Maritime Organization, International Olympic Committee, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, World Health Organization, and World Tourism Organization. Australia is not a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), but it is a dialogue partner.
Major International Treaties
Australia is a party to the following international agreements: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations and Trade Agreement, Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty (ANZUS), Biodiversity, Biological Weapons Convention, Chemical Weapons Convention, Colombo Plan, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty, Five Power Defense Arrangement (Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom), Hazardous Wastes, Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, Kyoto Protocol (signed but not ratified), Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, and Wetlands.
Source: Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile
