At the outset, we wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

Likewise, the Tea Party, which showed no interest in racist language or iconography at its outset, increasingly injects such demagoguery into its messages.

President Gašparovič At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

At the outset, Brazil s policies attracted entrepreneurs of all sorts.

Poland has been active in the Initiative's development since its very outset.

It would, however, seem safe to summarize certain elements at the outset.

The critical policy mistakes were those committed at the outset of the crisis.

At the outset, we wish to reaffirm our solidarity and unity with Africa.

Jordan Iraq's relations with Jordan have improved significantly since 1980, when Jordan declared its support for Iraq at the outset of the Iran Iraq war.

At the outset, Mr. Minister, I would like to welcome your presence in the Chair at this important meeting.

Mr. Rupel (Slovenia) (spoke in Slovenian English text provided by the delegation) Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

At the outset, I would like to thank the three Committee Chairmen for their most informative briefings.

At the outset, my Government would like to express its gratitude to the Secretary General for his report on women and peace and security, contained in document S 2005 636.

The Committee observes, at the outset, that in cases where a person has been expelled at the time of its consideration of the complaint, the Committee assesses what the State party knew or should have known at the time of expulsion.

At the outset, the Federation and its member national societies, and our colleagues from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), quickly reached agreement on our cooperation in the region.

Mr. Sardenberg (Brazil) Mr. President, allow me at the outset to thank you for having convened this meeting.

At the outset, allow me to congratulate you on the assumption of the presidency of the Conference at the beginning of our session.

I should like at the outset to stress that, far from being reactive, Africa, in formally submitting its draft resolution, is staking its claim as a powerhouse of ideas with its vision of a renewed, more democratic and more representative Security Council.

The Common Market was defended at the outset in terms of the gains that would follow from increased trade.

In 1914 at the outset of World War I Japan had seized the territory granted to Germany in 1897.

President Duarte Frutos (spoke in Spanish) At the outset, I congratulate the Co Chairpersons on their well deserved election.

At the outset I should like to make some opening remarks as Norway assumes the presidency of the Conference.

Given that the application of rules of electronic commerce was in its early stages, many exclusions by Contracting States were likely at the outset but the need for them would decrease over time.

Mr. Calderón (Peru) (spoke in Spanish) At the outset, I express to you, Mr. Chairman, my delegation's satisfaction at seeing you leading the Committee's discussions.

Even if the eurozone might not satisfy the necessary economic preconditions at the outset, economic variables would converge later on.

As the coastal town closest to Kenya, Tanga was on the front line at the outset of World War I.

The comedy ends with a dénouement (a conclusion), in which the protagonist is better off than at the story's outset.

Mr. MINE (Japan) Mr. President, at the outset I would like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency.

Mr. Gala López (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish) Permit me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. Chairman, on your election.

At the outset, I should like to join my colleagues in thanking the Secretary General for his report on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (A 60 224).

The wording may sound vague, but, given the positions the countries held at the outset, the outcome was an important achievement.

At the outset, I would like to thank President Møse, President Pocar and Prosecutors Del Ponte and Jallow for their reports.

At the outset, it was recognized that that concept was more complex than a simple divide between developed and developing countries.

I mentioned at the outset that it is essential to realign the United Nations with the reality of our modern era.

Mr. Gillerman (Israel) Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to congratulate you again on your leadership of the Security Council.

Instead, the G 20 is behaving like a debating society, with the cooperative approach that it fostered at the outset of the crisis devolving into an array of often heedless unilateral actions by its members.

My delegation would like to express at the outset its appreciation to the Secretary General for his report submitted under agenda item 73(d), entitled Assistance to the Palestinian people , in document A 60 90.

Mr. Berruga (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish) At the outset, allow me to wish all success to Argentina as it begins its mandate on the Security Council and assumes the presidency for the month of January.

Calderón must strengthen his presidency from the outset.

Moreover, the salient issues concerning monetary unions were well understood, and remedies for the most significant obstacles were proposed at the outset.

Anthropology emerged from a specific historical moment in time and, especially at the outset, was used for expansive, colonialist, and oppressive purposes.

At the outset, Romania will have to direct inevitably limited development cooperation resources in such a manner as to maximize their impact.

As I said at the outset, Israel's disengagement from Gaza dominates the agenda less than one month before the announced starting date.

Mr. Kingibe At the outset, may I welcome the remarks that the Special Representative of the Secretary General just made regarding Darfur.

From the outset, Dr. Eva Sandis, Professor Emerita of Sociology at Fordham University, has served as the Center's NGO Representative to ECOSOC at UN Headquarters in New York.