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	Alexander Downer, senior - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sir Alexander Russell Downer (7 April 1910 - 30 March 1981), Australian politician generally known as Alec Downer, was born in Adelaide, the son of John Downer, a former Premier of South Australia and member of the Australian Senate.
		After the war Downer joined the Liberal Party of Australia and in 1949 he was elected to the House of Representatives for a rural South Australian seat.
		Sir Alec's son, Alexander Downer, is also a Liberal politician, who was Leader of the Opposition 1994-95 and has been Foreign Minister of Australia since 1996.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Alexander_Downer,_senior (233 words)

	Alexander Downer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Downer was born in (The state capital of South Australia) Adelaide, (A state in south central Australia) South Australia, into one of the state's oldest families (irreverently known as Old Adelaide Families or OAFs).
		Downer was educated at an exclusive Adelaide school and at the (Click link for more info and facts about University of Newcastle upon Tyne) University of Newcastle upon Tyne in (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) Britain.
		Downer's major recent challenge has been handling relations with Australia's most important neighbour, (A republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions) Indonesia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Al/Alexander_Downer.htm (480 words)

	Lateline - 31/08/2005: Consular official knew about Solon case in 2003
		ALEXANDER DOWNER: We would all, I mean, all of the international community participating in Iraq would clearly want to see the response to this tragedy being a very moderate response.
		ALEXANDER DOWNER: No, because subsequent to that and I've made that clear in the Parliament, subsequent to that - it was true in so as far as I knew it to be true at the time.
		ALEXANDER DOWNER: To the best of my knowledge, the answer to that is no. But let me just say this: I don't work at the embassy in Manila, nor does the secretary of the department or senior officers of the department.
	www.abc.net.au /lateline/content/2005/s1450496.htm (3143 words)

	Lateline - 12/3/2003: Downer discusses Iraqi crisis. Australian Broadcasting Corp
		ALEXANDER DOWNER: No, I think what the Prime Minister -- the President wanted to do was consult the Prime Minister and seek his advice, and as you know, the Prime Minister and the President are close.
		ALEXANDER DOWNER: Well, the advantage of a new resolution is that it broadens the coalition to the widest extent possible.
		ALEXANDER DOWNER: Well, whether Australia participates or not will be, without wishing to sound boring by repeating a mantra, but is obviously going to be considered by the Cabinet, should the situation arise, we'll have to wait and see -.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/33312/20030314/www.abc.net.au/lateline/s805611.htm (1761 words)

	Encyclopedia: Division of Mayo
		Downer, the son and grandson of former federal politicians, easily won in 1984 and 1987 but faced his first real challenge in 1990 from the Australian Democrats, who traditionally polled better in the area covered by Mayo than anywhere else in Australia.
		As a result, Downer was comfortably returned at the 1993 and 1996 Australian legislative elections.
		In 1998, however, Downer, facing six opposition candidates, including high profile Democrats candidate John Schumann, One Nation Party and an independent candidate advocating increased public nudity, was re-elected by the skin of his teeth.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Division-of-Mayo (776 words)

	The Road To Surfdom: Alexander Windschuttle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I guess this is what Downer means when he says "the Coalition is unequivocally committed to supporting the global struggle for freedom." Howard was unequivocally committed to leaving Saddam in power in the absence of WMD.
		Posted by: Aussie Bob at May 19, 2005 04:34 PM The one hopeful sign is that Downer's speech is dripping with the kind of hubris that characterised Keating at his worst in the latter days of his government (i.e.
		Alex senior ran the Changi library and was, by Braddon's account, one of the mainstays of the fight to preserve the captives' sanity.
	www.roadtosurfdom.com /archives/2005/05/alexander_winds.html (1392 words)

	Downer's guiding principles
		Downer is a supporter of the UN but he does not see it as a panacea.
		Downer rejects Francis Fukuyama's thesis that we are at the "end of history" where the liberal democratic ideal is triumphant.
		Joshua Frydenberg was Alexander Downer's senior adviser from 1999 to 2003, and senior adviser to Prime Minister John Howard 2003-04.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1305352/posts (910 words)

	Mr. Alexander Downer - Mr. Howard's Court Buffoon
		Downer brought about ratification by Australia of the statute of the International Criminal Court, an act that has diminished Australia's sovereignty by subjecting Australia to the jurisdiction of that dubious tribunal, which is expected to be greatly influenced by political considerations.
		Downer with someone who (a) is concerned with Australia's interests, rather than pandering to "internationalist" groups opposed to Australian interests, (b) does not mislead Mr.
		Downer has shown himself to be an indiscriminate and extreme supporter of a direct U.S. military initiative against Iraq without considering fully the adverse consequences to Australia (and indeed to the United States also) of this course.
	www.nationalobserver.net /2002_spring_ed2.htm (967 words)

	Timor Sea Office - press - July 2004
		ALEXANDER DOWNER: The vast majority of the Australian people don't appreciate the abuse that's been meted out at Australia after all we've done for East Timor, and I don't think it's a tactic that will work, and I've explained that to the East Timorese, that it's not a wise tactic.
		ALEXANDER DOWNER: The East Timorese have made the judgment that they think a sort of high campaign of rhetoric is gonna help their cause.
		ALEXANDER DOWNER: No, Australia has been a proud and independent country for a very long time, and we're able to look after our own negotiations as we did with the Papua New Guineans, as we did with the New Zealanders themselves, and we can do all of that ourselves.
	www.timorseaoffice.gov.tp /july04press6.htm (2032 words)

	New Zealand News - World - Downer's North Korea trip a part of chequered career
		Downer will be in North Korea on August 17-18, attempting to mediate in a stand-off over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme after speaking to US National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and officials from China, South Korea, Japan and Russia.
		Downer, a 52-year-old former banker and diplomat has now served as long in the post as Gareth Evans, the man he succeeded when the conservative Liberal-National coalition ended 13 years of centre-left Labour rule at a 1996 election.
		His father, Sir Alexander Downer, was a senior minister in the conservative post-war government of Robert Menzies and his grandfather helped draft the country's constitution.
	www.buzztracker.org /2004/08/15/cache/308454.html (693 words)

	Alexander Downer Discusses Fiji Government Issues, Cambodian Release
		Downer: We make an exception for the Olympics because there was an agreement entered into by SOCOG with the international Olympic movement under which all members of the international Olympic movement, regardless of political status and the like, are able to participate in the Olympic Games.
		Downer: Mr Speight can't come to Australia or New Zealand, but was thought given to the next step that here is a person you charge to be a terrorist, Interpol has various capacities to deal with terrorists.
		Downer: I'm often asked this question about the indigenous issues here in Australia and how that will effect Australia's image and I've always answered it this way, which is a very sincere, I'm always sincere, but is a very sincere way of answering it.
	www.dfat.gov.au /media/transcripts/2000/000718_fiji_sanctions.html (3649 words)

	Downer accused of abusing Timor PM
		The Australian has learnt that at a meeting in Dili on November 27, Mr Downer was strongly critical of Dr Alkatiri and his officials.
		Senior Timorese officials say Canberra is refusing to ratify a treaty enabling joint development of reserves within the Timor Gap resources zone unless East Timor gives up its claim to other substantial deposits lying outside the treaty area.
		The officials said the dispute sparked an angry outburst by Foreign Minister Alexander Downer during a meeting in Dili last month with East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri and senior Timorese negotiators.
	www.etan.org /et2002c/december/08-14/13downer.htm (807 words)

	Letter from the Hon Mr. Alexander Downer MP
		Alexander Downer MP, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Australian Government.
		The embassy has made urgent representations to the Indonesian authorities, asking them to do whatever is possible to reduce the violence in Ambon, and requesting that they address the issue of safety of passage for anyone wishing to leave the island.
		As Senior Pastor of a large congregation in Perth Western Australia, made up of many people who call Indonesian home, but also love Australia, it has come to my attention, that there appears to be a very serious situation in Ambon, as I am sure you are aware.
	www.geocities.com /alifuru67/1999/downer2410.htm (644 words)

	South Pacific - Downer
		Alexander Downer was born on 9 September 1951.
		Downer: Can I just acknowledge Sir Michael Somare, the Papua New Guinea Minister for Bougainville Affairs and Mining, Steve Rabuka, the former Prime Minister of Fiji and the head of the Council of Chiefs, and Noel Levi too, who is the Secretary General of the Pacific Forum.
		Downer: We are going through a process which is pretty close to completion but is not quite complete - sitting in my in-tray still - of looking at the South pacific and seeing if there isn't more we can do or there aren't some of the things we are doing which we can do better.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/33932/20030320/idun.itsc.adfa.edu.au/ADSC/Sthpac/Sthpac%20Papers/sthpac_Downer.htm (6979 words)

	:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
		Alexander Downer said the threat by a group calling itself Islamic Tawhid Group, which claims to be an Al-Qaeda branch in Europe, was a direct result of Manila and Madrid’s withdrawal from Iraq, singling out the two countries by name.
		Downer said Australia’s main intelligence agency ASIO was investigating the credibility of both Islamic Tawhid and the website the threat was posted on.
		Downer said the threat stemmed from the Philippines’ decision to withdraw from Iraq this month to secure the release of a hostaged truck driver and Spain’s withdrawal after the Madrid train bombing in March that claimed nearly 200 lives.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/07/26/MAIN2004072614878.html (1198 words)

	Alexander Downer, Foreign Affairs Minister - Discussion regarding the postponed visit by high level Indonesian ...
		DOWNER: Well look, I think the only answer I can give you to that question is that he’s very welcome to come at a time that suits both sides and there hasn’t been a visit by an Indonesian president to Australia in a quarter of a century.
		DOWNER: Well, I think if there are one or two people in the Indonesian parliament who have their radar on to pick up any scrap of information that they could use against Australia, and so it really wouldn’t matter what we did – they would find a way of using that (laughs) to criticise us.
		Alexander Downer will be making history this month as the first Australian Foreign Minister to visit North Korea in twenty-five years.
	www.dfat.gov.au /media/transcripts/2000/001105_fa_various.html (3662 words)

	Australian FM wraps up North Korea trip saying "long, hard process" ahead
		Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Wednesday wrapped up his two-day North Korea visit focusing on a stand-off over the communist state's nuclear ambitions by saying the international community faced a "long, hard process ahead" to solve the crisis.
		Downer's North Korea visit came as Pyongyang expressed skepticism about attending a preparatory meeting for the next round of six-nation talks due next month in an effort to end the nuclear stand-off.
		Downer, who had asserted that Australia had an important role to play in resolving the near two-year impasse over the North's nuclear weapons drive, said Pyongyang's response to the United States' efforts to resolve the crisis were "pretty negative."
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040818144931.p3ulcmhr.html (457 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says the blast was "clearly a terrorist attack" aimed at Australia.
		Downer is flying to Indonesia along with security experts and senior police officers.
		Downer was traveling to Indonesia later Thursday with senior police officers and members of the intelligence services.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/bw/3A7EA681-6495-479F-BC49EDCDCB6201BD.html (320 words)

	Downer says Howard right to stay - Top stories - Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au
		ALEXANDER Downer has publicly declared John Howard has the right to decide when to retire, rebuffing demands from Peter Costello's supporters that the Prime Minister step down early next year.
		Mr Downer said he thought the public and Coalition MPs were "pretty happy" with the current leadership arrangement, despite intense speculation over the issue since Mr Howard angered Mr Costello and his supporters by saying he wasn't "going anywhere".
		Mr Downer did not comment on a series of opinion polls that show Mr Howard is more popular than Mr Costello as prime minister and that most people prefer Kim Beazley as prime minister to Mr Costello.
	www.news.com.au /story/0,10117,15250517-2,00.html (755 words)

	China defector in Australia contacts U.S. mission - Boston.com - Asia - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Downer, who is on a visit to India, told Australian radio that Chen's asylum plea would be considered on its merit.
		He said he could only recall two cases where Australia had granted political asylum, one being the case of a senior diplomat from the former Soviet Union who defected in Australia in 1954 along with his wife.
		Downer didn't have details on the second case.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/06/07/china_defector_in_australia_contacts_us_mission (556 words)

	CBC News:Terror attacks 'inevitable': Australia's foreign minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The two-day regional conference is being attended by ministers and senior officials from 33 countries, including U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft.
		Downer said they have been able to disrupt the terrorist network, but key operatives are still at large.
		Downer announced the opening of an anti-terror training centre in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, to be run jointly by Indonesia and Australia.
	cbc.ca /stories/2004/02/04/pacificterror040204 (254 words)

	NEWS.com.au \| Downer retreats on Taiwan (August 20, 2004)
		The incident - which prompted Mr Downer to backtrack yesterday - is embarrassing for the Howard Government at a time, just before an election, when it is keen to promote its credentials as a major player in the region.
		Two days earlier, Mr Downer told his Beijing audi ence that the ANZUS alliance was invoked only in the event of an attack on either country and that it was the US that was obliged by a separate agreement to defend Taiwan.
		But Mr Downer's suggestion that Australia would not necessarily come to Taiwan's aid is a stunning shift in the power balance in the Pacific, which some defence analysts suggest is permanent and recognises China's growing economic importance.
	www.buzztracker.org /2004/08/20/cache/314185.html (774 words)

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		Mr Downer added also that very important developments had taken place in the last 12 months in terms of bilaterial relationships especially in Defence matters in which defence ministers Ian MacLachlan and Mao Zeming recently met to review existing arrangements which were extremely successful, and especially with the drought and frost affecting PNG.
		Mr Downer added that in relation to contacts on drought negotiations they were happy with the aid program.
		The reconnaissance truce monitoring team which comprised three senior Australian defence personnel, six Papua New Guinea Government and defence representatives, and three New Zealand defence personnel had gone to Bougainville last Thursday on a three-day visit to assess the current peace process on Bougainville.
	www.blythe.org /nytransfer-subs/97env/Bougainville_News_11-3-97 (952 words)

	Downer leaves for Indonesia visit - National Breaking News - Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au
		FOREIGN Minister Alexander Downer has left for a two-day visit to Indonesia where he will attend a commemoration service for victims of the 2002 Bali bombings and urge the country to ban terror group Jemaah Islamiah.
		Mr Downer said that while Australia wanted JI banned, it was unlikely Indonesia would change its long-held opposition to such a move.
		Mr Downer said he hoped to be able to announce a substantial increase in the help Australia could give Indonesia to combat avian flu following his talks with Dr Yudhoyono and his senior ministers.
	www.news.com.au /story/0,10117,16887118-29277,00.html (509 words)

	No PNG Police to the Solomons. : Melbourne Indymedia
		Downer is unfit for office.More evidence everyday.He is fit to stand trial and be hung.
		PNG says it supports intervention in the Solomons because of the deteriorating state of law and order, but senior figures say intervention cannot be used as a template across the region.
		Alexander Downer, Australian Foreign Affairs minister has not condemned the PNG police for the shootings and he has reaffirmed the Australian government’s total support for the privatisation program.
	melbourne.indymedia.org /print.php?id=49552 (1578 words)

	Pell says Downer had a point
		Mr Downer accused the Catholic bishops of hypocrisy, singling them out for their "intemperate denunciations of Australia´s participation in the coalition of the willing in Iraq" while at the same time calling for humanitarian intervention in Rwanda, the Balkans and East Timor.
		Downer accused some church leaders of ignoring their primary pastoral duties in favour of "hogging the limelight," and too often seeking "popular political headlines" or pursuing "cheap causes".
		Dr Helen Pringle, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of New South Wales, with specific expertise in matters of church and state, told ABC Radio´s The World Today that she believes Mr Downer was attempting to ridicule the churches rather than stifle their right to free speech.
	www.cathnews.com /news/308/161.html (646 words)

	Canberra blackmails Papua New Guinea into accepting Australian overseers
		The preliminary agreement signed by Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and his PNG counterpart Rabbie Namaliu on September 18 underscores just how rapidly Canberra is proceeding to consolidate a neo-colonial sphere of influence in the Pacific region.
		A senior diplomat Bob Cotton was dispatched to Port Moresby with a letter to PNG Prime Minister Somare outlining details of a plan to install senior Australian bureaucrats in departments such as finance, planning and treasury.
		Downer’s visit was rescheduled and he arrived in Port Moresby on September 17 to a cool reception.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/sep2003/png-s24.shtml (2543 words)

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