"If Australia wants an effective United Nations, we have to be comprehensively, not marginally, engaged." — Kevin Rudd

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If Australia wants an effective United Nations, we have to be comprehensively, not marginally, engaged.

- Kevin Rudd

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If Australia wants an effective United Nations, we have to be comprehensively, not marginally, engaged.