We've surrendered our power, trading off our discomfort with uncertainty for the illusion of certainty that they provide.

We also wish to express our satisfaction at the arrangements to establish the nucleus of a Planning Unit.

I should like to register our satisfaction that the Centre for Disarmament Affairs has kept its location in New York and has not been moved to Geneva.

We would like, therefore, to express our satisfaction at the adoption of the resolution by the General Assembly.

We've surrendered our power, trading off our discomfort with uncertainty for the illusion of certainty that they provide.

We are heartened and add our encouragement to those governments supporting total debt cancellation for the poorest nations.

In this regard, I have already expressed our satisfaction at the establishment of the World Trade Organization.

More generally, the draft resolution gives us an opportunity to express our satisfaction to UNIDIR and to reaffirm our confidence in it and assure it of our support.

The cordial relations that happily exist between the President apos s country and mine increase our satisfaction, hopes and expectations.

I must admit that the deliberations within the Expert Group have yet to satisfy us fully.

I am delighted to take this opportunity to convey to your predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Samuel Insanally, our satisfaction at the exemplary way in which he presided over the work of last year apos s session of the General Assembly.

Although Japan will not make an objection on that point, we do wish to express our dissatisfaction on that matter.

Moreover, owing to the current under representation of the African and Latin American and Caribbean regions, we are particularly satisfied that the proposal adequately reflects the interests of those two regions.

We record our satisfaction with the efforts of the Ibero American Secretariat and OEI to accelerate the establishment of arrangements for the consideration of a draft Ibero American agreement on education.

I wish to express our satisfaction at the decision of the Economic and Social Council to reactivate its Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti, and we hope that its work will help to promote the country's recovery.

It is a source of deep satisfaction to us that the peer review panel has completed country reviews for Ghana and Rwanda and presented the reports to the African Peer Review Mechanism in Abuja for discussion.

1. Express our deep satisfaction at the restoration of the democratic and constitutional government of President Jean Bertrand Aristide in Haiti

Similarly, it is a matter of satisfaction that the constitutional problem in Lesotho has been resolved peacefully and through constant dialogue.

We should like to express our satisfaction at the open mindedness and the active participation that have so far been demonstrated in the treatment of this very complex item.

First, we wish to express our satisfaction at the accession of Palau to independence on 1 October this year.

We also express our satisfaction at the progress made in eradicating other forms of domination, in particular in the elimination of racial discrimination.

We also wish to mention our satisfaction with the agreements reached between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization and between Israel and Jordan.

I want to mention and to highlight our great satisfaction at the obvious, sustained advance of democracy in Latin America, and at the consolidation of the various processes that are under way.

Through you, I should like to express, as did my colleagues who spoke earlier, great satisfaction at seeing Ambassador Hohenfellner continue to preside over our work.

We felt, however, that we could not remain silent and fail to express directly our satisfaction during this momentous event.

We wish to express our satisfaction at the progress made in the peace process, especially in the Middle East, South Africa and Central America.

I think it would be most welcome if the European Group or the Group of Non Aligned countries were touch base with each other in order to facilitate our work.

In this regard, we would like to register our deeply felt satisfaction with the work of the United Nations Observer Mission in South Africa.

We express our satisfaction at the recent issuance by the Secretary General of his quot Agenda for Development quot , which is a supplement to his quot Agenda for Peace quot .

To this end, we should also like to voice our satisfaction at the proposal of President Menem of Argentina for the establishment of a volunteer corps, the white helmets .

Finally, with respect to the 1540 Committee, we are very satisfied with the work done and the quick analysis of national reports.

At this time, however, we would like also to express our satisfaction that the two parties have decided to resume the peace talks in Cairo this week.

Mr. Motoc (Romania) Madam President, I would like first to state our satisfaction at seeing the personal involvement of the Foreign Minister in steering this important meeting initiated by Denmark.

Nevertheless, we must express our satisfaction at the significant progress made in implementing the resolution through the measures undertaken by the Secretary General.

We wish to express our satisfaction at the fact that the United States Government has invited representatives of the Syrian Arab Republic and Lebanon to Washington for negotiations at the beginning of next month.

At the same time, we wish to express our gratification at the new possibilities for dialogue that have been developed in connection with the situation in that country.

We wish to express to his predecessor, Mr. Samuel Rudolph Insanally of Guyana, our satisfaction at his decisive actions in the course of the forty eighth session.

For that reason, we cannot but express our satisfaction at the tremendous and tireless efforts the international community has been making throughout the years and at the historic achievements we have recorded.

Furthermore, we welcome the fact that the CTC will hold its fourth special meeting with international, regional and subregional organizations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 26 to 28 January 2005.

While we welcome such developments, we look forward to consolidating the practice in a manner that activates Article 31 of the Charter and that has a positive impact on openness and transparency in the work of the Council.

Let me take this opportunity also to express our satisfaction at the exemplary manner in which Mr. Stoyan Ganev presided over the Assembly apos s work at the last session.

The countries members of the Group would like to place on record our full satisfaction with the work done by the Lima Centre, as reflected in the report of the Secretary General (A 60 132).

Express our satisfaction with the creation of the Parliamentary Network on the UNCCD (PNoUNCCD) under the auspices of the IPU and with the establishment of a Steering Committee to monitor the work of parliamentarians under the UNCCD

31. We also express our satisfaction with the progress achieved in the execution of the Regional Plan for Investments in the Environment and Health, bearing in mind the resolutions adopted at the Guadalajara and Madrid summits.

It is a matter of special satisfaction for us to see such a qualified and skilful diplomat from the sister nation of Ecuador in charge of our work in this important Committee of the General Assembly.