We offer our sincere thanks.

With respect to the Al Qaida and Taliban sanctions Committee, I would like to express my sincere thanks to its Chairman, Ambassador César Mayoral.

In that regard, we take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to UNICEF and other international partners for their valuable support and assistance for our endeavours.

The Secretary General would like to express his sincere thanks to the 88 Member States that met their financial obligations to the tribunals in full in 2004.

The PRESIDENT I would like to express my sincere thanks to all delegations for their cooperation in the process that has resulted in today's adoption of the agenda.

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Our sincere thanks go to those who made these pertinent suggestions.

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The Secretary General would like to express his sincere appreciation to those Member States.

I also wish to extend our sincere thanks to the outgoing President, Mr. Ping.

I would also like to express my sincere thanks to Ambassador Alisher Vohidov of Uzbekistan for his constructive efforts as Acting Chairman of the Commission in conducting consultations with the regional groups over the past several months.

I should like to express sincere appreciation to the Co Chairpersons of the World Summit 2005.

At the outset, I wish to express my sincere thanks to you, President Ping, for exercising leadership in taking up this important matter of requests for exemption under Article 19 of the United Nations Charter in plenary meeting of the General Assembly.

Mr. Mekdad (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic) At the outset, my delegation would like to express its sincere thanks to Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice, for all his efforts to strengthen the rule of international law.

I also wish to express our sincere appreciation to the Secretary General for his important report (A 60 181).

1. We express our sincere condolences and sympathy to the victims of the disasters and uphold international solidarity against disasters.

At the outset, I express our sincere thanks to you, Mr. President, for convening this timely debate, and I commend your outstanding leadership in conducting the work of the General Assembly at its fifty ninth session, in particular the preparatory process for the September summit.

Let me express my sincere hope that all countries represented in this body can be free enough to open new perspectives.

We also express our thanks for the report of the Secretary General in document A 60 330.

I also express my most sincere condolences to the Mission of Monaco on the passing of His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III.

May I also express my sincere gratitude to the Secretary General for his tireless efforts in the cause of peace, democracy and development.

I would also like to express my thanks to the Secretary of the Committee, who facilitated all the arrangements.

On behalf of all the members of the Commission, I wish to convey to all of them my sincere thanks and profound gratitude.

Commend the continued efforts made by the Government of Kazakhstan in promoting the implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action and express our sincere thanks to the Government and people of the Republic of Kazakhstan for their generous hospitality and support for the successful holding of this High level Meeting.

The President (spoke in French) I should like to express my sincere thanks to the two Vice Chairpersons of the Open ended Working Group, Ambassador Paulette Bethel of the Bahamas and Ambassador Christian Wenaweser of Liechtenstein, who have so ably conducted the discussions and complex negotiations of the Working Group.

They also expressed their sincere thanks to the government and people of Switzerland for hosting the Workshop and for their warm and generous hospitality.

On behalf of the Arab Group, I express our most sincere condolences to Lebanon and its fraternal people, as well as to Mr. Hariri's family.

We commend the continued efforts made by the Government of Kazakhstan in promoting the implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action and we express our sincere thanks to the Government and people of the Republic of Kazakhstan for their generous hospitality and support for the successful holding of this High level Meeting.

We express our sincere congratulations to His Majesty King Juan Carlos I on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of his accession to the Spanish throne.

Finally, let me seize this opportunity to also express my delegation's sincere gratitude to all Members that have co sponsored the General Assembly resolution on Afghanistan.

I wish to express my thanks to the Governments of Croatia and of Spain for having brought Ante Gotovina to The Hague.

First of all, we wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the President of the General Assembly, to the Secretary General and to all Member States for their sincere expressions of condolence and their sympathy upon the cruel loss that struck the Togolese people with the passing of President Eyadema on 5 February 2005.

At the same time, we cannot fail to express our thanks to those countries that have given financial backing to the Lima Centre.

The Chairman Allow me, on behalf of the Committee, to express my sincere congratulations to Mrs. Martinic on her election as a Vice Chairperson of the First Committee.

I should also like to express to the delegation of Indonesia my sincere sentiments of grief and sympathy in connection with the victims of the recent terrorist attack.

I would like to express sincere gratitude and appreciation to all those countries and organizations that so rapidly provided emergency assistance to the affected States and their peoples.

We would also like to express our thanks and appreciation to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for its initiative to convene this important meeting.

We express our thanks to the coordinators and the Secretariat, whose jobs seem to get harder every year as the resolutions get longer and longer.

We also express our sincere desire for true reconciliation throughout the world, without which the new partnership for peace and prosperity that we all cherish will never be fully realized.

Mr. Aho Glele (Benin) (spoke in French) First, we would like to express our sincere condolences to the international Catholic community on the passing of His Holiness Pope John Paul II.

First of all, my delegation would like to express its sincere condolences to the families of the victims of the simultaneous terrorist bombings that took place in London on 7 July.

Last but not the least, allow me to express our sincere gratitude to Mr. Carlos Gabriel Ruiz Massieu Aguirre of Mexico for the helpful manner in which he facilitated the resolution.

In this regard, we want to express our warmest thanks to the people of the United States and to all the other peoples who have supported us.

Mr. Bamba (Côte d'Ivoire) (spoke in French) On behalf of my delegation, I wish to express my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

Ms. Rivera (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish) My delegation would like to take this opportunity to express our thanks for the intensive rethinking process in which we are involved.