澳大利亚总理阿尔巴内塞在纽约正式宣布澳大利亚将竞选2029-2030年联合国安理会非常任理事国席位，投票定于2028年中期进行1。澳大利亚需获得193个联合国成员国中三分之二的支持才能成功1。竞选主题为"我们倾听、我们合作、我们保护"1。与此同时，阿尔巴内塞宣布前新闻集团广播部主管席奥班·麦肯纳担任澳大利亚驻纽约总领事1。
澳大利亚强调在中东冲突和乌克兰战争等全球问题上发挥中等国家的作用1，并将突出禁止16岁以下人士使用社交媒体和人工智能监管等政策1。澳大利亚曾在2013-2014年期间担任安理会席位，当时主导了对俄罗斯击落马航MH17航班的回应1。截至目前，澳大利亚和芬兰已表示参选1。
然而，澳大利亚的竞选活动面临国际关注。联合国消除种族歧视委员会今年早些时候发布紧急预警，指出土著儿童占青少年拘留人口的60%，尽管仅占总人口的6.6%2。土著青少年被拘留的可能性是非土著青少年的21倍2。
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has formally announced his country's candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2029-2030 term, with voting scheduled for mid-2028.1 Australia will require the support of two-thirds of the 193 UN member states to succeed.1 The announcement came as Albanese simultaneously named Siobhan McKenna, a former News Corporation broadcasting executive, to the position of Australian Consul-General in New York.1
The campaign theme centers on "we listen, we cooperate, we protect," and Australia plans to emphasize its middle-power role on global issues including the Middle East conflict and the war in Ukraine.1 The country will also highlight its policies on restricting social media access for under-16s and artificial intelligence regulation.1 Australia previously held a Security Council seat in 2013-2014, when it led the international response to Russia's downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.1 To date, Australia and Finland are the only countries to have announced candidacy for the regional seat.12
However, Australia's Security Council bid faces international scrutiny over its record on Indigenous youth detention. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued an early warning and urgent action procedure this year, noting that Indigenous youth comprise 60 percent of the adolescent detention population despite representing only 6.6 percent of the general population.2 Indigenous teenagers are 21 times more likely to be detained than non-Indigenous youth, and this disparity continues to widen.2
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