澳大利亞駐聯合國使團
150 EAST 42ND STREET 33RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017-5612

２０００年４月１１日

感謝您２０００年２月１０日來信，要求澳大利亞政府支持阻止中國大陸繼續對法輪功修煉者的迫害。外交官Wenshey謹讓我代表她回覆如下。

澳大利亞政府曾於去年的好幾次的場合中向中國政府提出了對法輪功處理問題上的關注。１９９９年７月，澳大利亞政府對坎培拉的中國外交部和北京方面就中國對法輪功學員的逮捕和拘留提出強烈抗議。

澳大利亞政府也在１９９９年８月１６日至２０日在北京召開的第三次澳中人權對話的幾次高級會晤上提出了法輪功問題。在每個場合，澳大利亞政府都強調，雖然澳洲對法輪功的信仰表示中立，但是認為中國對法輪功學員採取的行動違反了中國簽署的國際人權契約。

澳大利亞使團已將您的來信呈交於坎培拉的澳洲國際事務與貿易部的人權分會，以及人權高級委員會紐約分會。

感謝您寫信告訴我們這一重大事件。

真誠的，
(簽名)
Roderick Smith
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原文：
AUSTRILIA MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS

150 EAST 42ND STREET 33RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017-5612

11 April 2000

Dear Ms Chen,

Thank you for your letter, received on 10 February 2000, requesting Australian Government support for efforts to stop persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Ambassador Wensley has asked me to reply on her behalf.

The Australian Government has raised its concerns about the treatment of Falun Gong with the Chinese Government on a number of occasions in the past years. In July 1999 the Australia Government made strong representations to officials of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Canberra and Beijing regarding reports of arrest and detention of Falun Gong practitioners in China. The Australian Government also addressed the issue of the Falun Gong in a number of senior level meetings during the third round of the Australia-China Human Rights Dialogue, help in China from 16-20 August 1999. On each occasion, the Australian Government emphasized that while Australia does not take a position on the beliefs of the Falun Gong, it considers that actions taken against its adherents are in breach of the international human rights covenants which China has signed.

The Australian Mission has forwarded your letter to the Human Rights Section of Australia"s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra, Australia and to the New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for their information.

We thank you again for writing to us on this important matter.

Yours sincerely,
(Signature)
Roderick Smith
Counselor