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.

I congratulate you on your success.

I congratulate you on your success.

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.

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

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

We can congratulate ourselves better late than never!

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.

We also like to congratulate him on his able leadership of the CTC.

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

In particular, we would like to congratulate the Afghan women who have been elected.

SCO members would like to congratulate the Afghan Government and people on those achievements.

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

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

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

Ugandans took to social media to congratulate the 35 year old celebrated artist on his election into Parliament.

I congratulate the candidates on conducting their campaigns in a peaceful manner.

The members of the Council congratulate the Palestinian people on this election.

President George W. Bush, who was the first to congratulate Sarkozy, has a new ally in Europe.

I would like first to congratulate Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel on his very insightful and straightforward statement.

I also take this opportunity to congratulate Judge Pocar on his recent assumption of that important post.

I also wish to congratulate your predecessor, who guided our work admirably during the fifty ninth session.

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

I should like also to congratulate Ambassador Javier Rupérez for his work as Executive Director of the CTC.

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

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

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

At the same time, we warmly congratulate Mr. Søren Jessen Petersen on his briefing.

We congratulate the Iraqis on their steady and courageous progress in their political transition.

I am encouraged by this development and congratulate the parties on achieving this milestone.

I would also like to congratulate the Secretary General for his comprehensive report contained in document A 60 61.

We would like to congratulate Benin once again on its assuming the presidency of the Council for this month.

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

President Uribe Vélez (spoke in Spanish) Allow me to congratulate Sweden on its election to the presidency of the General Assembly.

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the Co Chairpersons on their election to preside over the High level Plenary Meeting.

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

I should like to congratulate him and to wish him every success in the high office to which he has been elected.

We congratulate Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and the members of his Cabinet on their appointment.

Allow me also to congratulate Ambassador Eliasson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

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

We congratulate the Emergency Relief Coordinator and the Inter Agency Standing Committee on their efforts to advance the cluster approach.

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

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.