It is the historical expression of the eternal covenant of redemption.

By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.

By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

For 45 years, Myanmar s people have been subjected to the junta s reign of terror.

January 2006 will usher in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy.

By contrast, the suicide in 1939 of Stalin s wife, Nadezhda Allilueva, underscored the reign of terror in the country.

But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

It should also represent the genuine beginning of an era of concerted actions aimed at implementing the commitments made at major United Nations conferences.

I would like also to thank the Secretary General, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, for all his endeavours and, most notably, for his valuable report entitled In larger freedom (A 59 2005), which provides a precise diagnosis of our world's challenges and problems and a blueprint for a new era of cooperation in tackling them.