I congratulate you. Well done.

I congratulate you. And may fortune smile on most of you.

I also congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Vice Chairman.

Guys, first and foremost, congratulations! all

Williams Well, of course, congratulations to you guys.

I was happy to have met you guys in Washington, D.C., and congratulations.

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

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

On behalf of my delegation, I most warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the First Committee.

Please allow me first of all to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to your important office.

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

Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your unanimous election to the presidency of the forty eighth session of the General Assembly.

At the outset, allow me to congratulate you on the assumption of the presidency of the Conference at the beginning of our session.

Mr. Alsaidi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic) First of all, I should like to congratulate Ambassador Eliasson on his election to the presidency of this session.

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

Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the First Committee.

Mr. Altmatov (Kyrgyzstan) (interpretation from Russian) I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the chairmanship of the First Committee.

Before I say anything else I want to congratulate you on having done so well so far.

Mr. Gillerman (Israel) We would like to congratulate you, Sir, on the convening of this very important meeting.

Thus, I should like to congratulate you most warmly on behalf of my delegation and assure you of Gabon's support throughout your term.

Mr. Mitchell (Bahamas) It is my honour to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

Mr. Patterson (Jamaica) I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly.

Mr. Gala López (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish) Permit me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. Chairman, on your election.

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

On behalf of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, I congratulate The Co Chairpersons on convening this High level Plenary Meeting, and I greet the participating delegations.

Mr. Mine (Japan) At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Ambassador Choi, on your assumption of the chairmanship of the Committee.

Mr. Mayoral (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish) I would first of all like to congratulate you publicly, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council.

Mr. Shloma (Belarus) (spoke in Russian) On behalf of the delegation of Belarus, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the chairmanship.

Mr. Westdal (Canada) I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of our Committee.

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

Mr. Bennouna (Morocco) (spoke in French) I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council.

Mr. ONODERA (Japan) Mr. President, first of all, I would like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency.

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

Mr. Erçin (Turkey) At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and the other members of the Bureau on your election.

Mr. De Gucht (Belgium) (spoke in French) Allow me to congratulate you most warmly, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly.

Mr. Hamidon (Malaysia) I should like, at the outset, to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the First Committee.

President Lacalle (interpretation from Spanish) I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly.

I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the Committee I wish you much success in that highly responsible position.

Mr. Guillén (Peru) (interpretation from Spanish) I take pleasure in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the First Committee.

Mr. Grigore (Republic of Moldova) At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

Mr. Litavrin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian) At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the Disarmament Commission.

President Gašparovič At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.