It deserves renewed commendation.

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

The Director General and his staff deserve our commendation for their excellent service.

The management of UNMIS deserved commendation for acting quickly on the initial observations of ACABQ.

Finally, the interpreters have been doing a wonderful job that deserves my appreciation and commendation.

We also agree with the commendation of the Court's work during the period under review.

The work of the UNDP Special Unit for Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries deserved commendation in that connection.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

I would also like to extend my delegation's commendation to Judge Theodor Meron for the achievements and progress the Tribunal achieved under his leadership.

Equally deserving of commendation is Venezuela's initiative in the Caribbean, called Petrocaribe, which will help Caribbean countries to respond to the challenges posed by the high price of oil.

It deserved commendation for the important role which it played in providing the developing countries with technical assistance for capacity building to enable them to engage actively in multilateral economic negotiations.

The Government and people of Sierra Leone also deserve commendation for their remarkable resilience and for making good use of the opportunity offered by international partners to lift their country from crisis.

It reiterated its commendation in this connection of the initiative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the creation of two funds to support Palestine with its donation of USD250 million to them and called for financial support to these funds.

Mr. Zhang Yishan (China) (spoke in Chinese) I should like to thank Ambassador Denisov, Chairman of the Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC), for his briefing. For the past three months, under his leadership, the CTC has carried out effective work, which merits commendation by the Security Council.

Last but not least, I would like to express our deep appreciation and sincere commendation to the Secretary General, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and all other United Nations bodies and agencies for their prompt action and tireless work to initiate and coordinate the largest humanitarian relief effort in the Organization's history.