Australia ready for seat at UN table

AUSTRALIA has much to contribute when it takes its seat on the United Nations Security Council, Foreign Minister Bob Carr says.

Last month Australia was named a non-permanent member to the 15-country council at the UN headquarters in New York.

The council's first meeting for 2013 is scheduled for this week.

Senator Carr said North Korea's banned rocket launch in December would be an immediate issue in which Australia would be able to add value.

"We can contribute on a serious appraisal of whether strengthened UN sanctions can provide a security for South Korea and Japan that they feel in need of after the militarism ... of North Korea," he told reporters in Sydney on Tuesday.

Senator Carr also said Australia's assistance in the nation-building of Afghanistan, East Timor and the Solomon Islands would assist the council in discussing issues about Africa.

About 80 per cent of the council's workload focuses on African nations, Senator Carr said.

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