In that spirit, I thank the President very much for convening today's meeting.

Mr. Abdallah (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic) It is my distinct pleasure to express to you and to your friendly country, the Kingdom of Sweden, my most sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency at this sixtieth session of the General Assembly and to wish you every success in your mission.

The Acting President (spoke in Spanish) Lastly, I would like to sincerely congratulate all women on the occasion of International Women's Day, especially my colleagues, the members of delegations and all women working in the Secretariat and other United Nations bodies.

Allow me, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament. I should also like to reaffirm my delegation's willingness to support all your efforts to vitalize the Conference's work.

Mr. AL SAHAF (Iraq) (interpretation from Arabic) Allow me to begin by extending to you, Sir, my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty eighth session.

At the same time, I address sincere thanks to Mr. Stoyan Ganev for the competent manner in which he led this great forum during his presidency.

I would also like to take this opportunity to sincerely congratulate the Under Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Nobuyasu Abe, for his important contributions to various disarmament and security issues.

Congratulations to you, Mickey.

Noriko, I believe congratulations are in order

My compliments on your nephew's engagement.

Doutreval, I owe you my warmest thanks.

A brilliant scheme, Captain. My congratulations.

Mr. Filali (Morocco) (interpretation from Arabic) I am pleased to extend to you, Sir, my sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the forty ninth session of the General Assembly and to express to you my great delight at seeing you, a distinguished friend from a sisterly country, conducting the work of this session.

Think it over, Mike, while I go congratulate your boy.

Allow me at this juncture, on behalf of the Government and the people of Malawi, to thank, most sincerely, the United Nations system, donor Governments and agencies, and our many other partners in development for the invaluable assistance that they have given to Malawi since it attained independence.

Normally, a pat on the back and other displays of congratulations would have accompanied this new appointment.

It extend my sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Jan Eliasson.

Once again, I thank everyone for their participation.

President Aristide (interpretation from French) It gives me great pleasure to greet all of you here, on behalf of the Haitian people and, with a sense of joy, to address the most heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Amara Essy, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Côte d apos Ivoire, on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty ninth session.

Our deepest condolences go to the families of those who have lost loved ones.

This anniversary is no time for complacency or self congratulation.

And anybody who would turn around I would, sort of, make a beeline for.

In conclusion, let me turn to an old Europe.

To the people and the Government of Bangladesh and to the United Nations family, our most sincere condolences.

We extend sincere condolences to the Government of Uruguay and to the family of this esteemed jurist.

quot It is also a pleasure for me to reiterate my warmest congratulations to your august Assembly and to assure you of the great importance that Tunisia attaches to the laudable and sometimes exhausting efforts which the United Nations continues to deploy in the service of peace and in laying the foundations of constructive dialogue between nations.

I wish to thank the Security Council for its support.

Permit me also to extend congratulations to the other members of the Bureau.

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Mr. YAACOBI (Israel) Mr. President, in addressing you and the Assembly, may I also address the former President of Israel, Mr. Yitzhak Navon, who is with us here today in the visitors apos gallery.

I offer my heartfelt condolences to all who have been touched by the loss of those two remarkable persons.

We mourn the loss of those who have perished, and we extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims.

His supporters and his campaign also deserve congratulations. I wish all of them well, but particularly the president, the first lady and their daughters.

Hong Kong is a destination where I would always like to come.

The PRESIDENT I congratulate the States which have been elected non permanent members of the Security Council.

Mr. YAACOBI (Israel) I am pleased to congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly.

Thank you for your letter of 17 December 1993.

Likewise, I wish to thank other speakers who made similar references.

I should also like to congratulate the other members of the Bureau on their election.

I address you tonight, not as the President of the United States, not as the leader of a country, but as a citizen of humanity.

Yeah. Maybe Hildy and I could go to the subway people for some information.

The PRESIDENT On behalf of the General Assembly, I most warmly and sincerely congratulate all the recipients of these awards.

And when you start quoting Aristotle, personally I'm going to me room.

Yes, I'm checking out now and joining her. Do you have a reason for asking?

On behalf of the General Assembly, I offer our deepest sympathy to the Governments and the peoples of the three countries and to the families and friends of those killed, injured or missing.