I congratulate you on your success.

I congratulate you on your success.

I take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. Chairman, upon your election.

Allow me to congratulate you and the entire Bureau on your election.

I should like as well to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of this Committee and also to congratulate the other members of the Bureau.

Mr. Swe (Myanmar) Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you for holding this open debate on children and armed conflict.

I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February.

Mr. Rastam (Malaysia) I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on presiding over today's meeting and to congratulate your delegation on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month.

Mr. RIVASSEAU (France) (translated from French) Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you very warmly as you take the Chair.

Mr. Hannesson (Iceland) Mr. President, we congratulate you on your election and wish you well in the important work ahead.

Mr. Monteiro I would like to congratulate you and your country, Mr. President, on your assumption of your difficult functions for this month.

Mr. Abe (Under Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs) I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the Disarmament Commission.

Through you, I would also like to congratulate the members of the Bureau on their elections.

They have created a logo for Mughniyeh where they congratulate him for his martyrdom.

Mr. Kumalo (South Africa) Allow me to congratulate you, Madam, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of May.

We congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the Disarmament Commission at its 2005 session.

Mr. Adeniji (Nigeria) I would like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month.

We also congratulate Ambassador Wang Guangya for the successful Chinese presidency in April.

Mr. Sen (India) We congratulate you, Mr. President, on convening these historic plenary meetings under agenda item 53.

First, I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

Mr. Adechi (Benin) (spoke in French) We would like to thank you, Mr. President, and to congratulate you for your timely initiative to hold a debate on the situation in Haiti.

We warmly congratulate Mexico for taking that important step, and we also congratulate the Dominican Republic and Kenya, which became States parties to the Rome Statute during the past year.

It is particularly important today for you to relaunch the efforts of this Conference to secure agreement on a programme of work, and we congratulate you on the way in which you are doing so.

I wish to congratulate them most sincerely for their efforts and their excellent briefings.

President Uribe Vélez (spoke in Spanish) We congratulate you, Sir, on your election and wish you every possible success in the ongoing reform process.

Mr. Prica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your successful presidency of the Council for the month of December 2005.

Until a year ago, the IMF used to congratulate itself for running out of clients.

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

Mr. ONODERA (Japan) Mr. President, first of all, 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.

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

Mr. Bodini (San Marino) Mr. Chairman, let me congratulate you and the other members of the Bureau on your election.

We also take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on the important contribution you made some years ago, in another capacity, in developing the framework for United Nations activities in humanitarian and disaster assistance.

We can congratulate ourselves better late than never!

We also warmly congratulate Mr. ElBaradei on his reappointment as IAEA Director General for another term.

I take this opportunity to congratulate the Government and people of Ethiopia for that noble decision.

I would also like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

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

We wish to congratulate the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children in Armed Conflict for his briefing.

Mr. Pemagbi (Sierra Leone) The delegation of Sierra Leone wishes to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May 2005.

Ms. Zia (Bangladesh) (spoke in Bangla English text provided by the delegation) I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election.

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

That is why we congratulate you, Mr. President, on the confidence that the international community has placed in you and in your Government to moderate this important debate.

Mr. Motoc (Romania) Allow me, at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you very warmly on your assumption of the presidency of the Council.

I well know, therefore, what a difficult task it is, and I congratulate you, Mr. President, Ambassador Jan Eliasson, on your recent election.