Speaker
Gareth EVANS
- Title
- Distinguished Honorary Professor, Australian National University / Former Foreign Minister of Australia
Biography
Gareth EVANS was a Cabinet Minister throughout the Hawke and Keating Australian Labor Party Governments from 1983-1996, including as Foreign Minister of Australia from 1988-1996, where he played central roles in the Cambodian peace process, the creation of APEC and the ASEAN Regional Forum, and in bringing to conclusion the Chemical Weapon Convention.
After leaving politics he was President of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group from 2000-2009, and Chancellor of the Australian National University from 2010-2019, where he is now Distinguished Honorary Professor.
He co-chaired the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001), which initiated the ‘responsibility to protect’ concept, and the Australia-Japan International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (2009), and has written or edited fourteen books, including Good International Citizenship: The Case for Decency (2022), Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir (2017), The Responsibility to Protect (2008) and Cooperating for Peace (1993).
He has received a number of national and international awards, most recently the ROK 2023 Jeju Peace Award for his significant contributions over three decades in promoting peace, reconciliation and human rights as foreign minister, NGO head, international commission member, writer and advocate.
After leaving politics he was President of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group from 2000-2009, and Chancellor of the Australian National University from 2010-2019, where he is now Distinguished Honorary Professor.
He co-chaired the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001), which initiated the ‘responsibility to protect’ concept, and the Australia-Japan International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (2009), and has written or edited fourteen books, including Good International Citizenship: The Case for Decency (2022), Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir (2017), The Responsibility to Protect (2008) and Cooperating for Peace (1993).
He has received a number of national and international awards, most recently the ROK 2023 Jeju Peace Award for his significant contributions over three decades in promoting peace, reconciliation and human rights as foreign minister, NGO head, international commission member, writer and advocate.
