Congrats to all involved!

The congratulations should go to you.

I always have time for congratulations.

My congratulations go also to the other members of the Bureau.

I wish Ambassador Joseph Ayologu of Nigeria my full support and warmest greetings for his presidency.

Mary spent all her free time last week answering birthday greetings.

I extend my very sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Amara Essy, and I invite him now to assume the presidency.

I also wish to congratulate the other members of the Bureau.

My delegation is pleased to extend sincere congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly during this forty eighth session.

quot It is a privilege for me, on behalf of the members of the Security Council, to congratulate the Republic of Armenia on the decision which the Council has just taken.

quot warm and heartfelt congratulations on the triumph of the African National Congress at the first non racial, democratic general elections ever held in South Africa quot .

I would like to join other speakers in extending my congratulations to Mr. Insanally on his election as President of the General Assembly at its forty eighth session.

But first of all, I join other delegations in offering my congratulations to the Government and the people of Egypt for hosting a most successful conference.

I would like, first of all, to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the important position of Chairman.

Mr. Adada (Congo) (spoke in French) I should like at the outset to sincerely congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at the present session.

Mr. Chaudhry (Pakistan) On behalf of the Pakistan delegation, I express the heartiest felicitations to Director General ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for having received the Nobel Peace Prize.

The time for congratulations will come when we have followed through, when we have all made sure that these proposals are converted into effective action.

If I may, on behalf of those I represent, I would like to offer you, Mr. President, our warmest personal congratulations, as well as our thanks to you and your team for the service you have given us.

I should like to convey to you, Mr. President, the warm congratulations of the President, the Government and the people of the Republic of Haiti on your unanimous election and their best wishes for success in your endeavours.

quot I am pleased, on behalf of the members of the Council, to extend our congratulations to Turkmenistan on the occasion of the Council apos s recommendation that Turkmenistan be admitted to membership in the United Nations.

Mr. De Rivière (France) (spoke in French) My delegation would like first of all to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, on having organized today's discussion.

First, I should like to express my sincere congratulations and appreciation to the outgoing President, Mr. Stoyan Ganev, for the very proficient and skilful manner in which he handled last year apos s deliberations.

I wish to join other representatives by extending warmest congratulations from the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis to you, Mr. President, on your election to preside at this session of the General Assembly.

It is therefore a special pleasure for me to express to him, once again, warm congratulations from the Algerian delegation and from me personally.

President GLIGOROV At the outset, it is my pleasure to extend to you, Sir, my sincere felicitations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty eighth session.

We offer the new South Africa heartfelt congratulations on its heroic victory. We heartily welcome its full participation in the work of the United Nations and we wish it well in the future.

It is, I believe, fitting to extend heartfelt congratulations to President Nelson Mandela, to Vice President Frederik De Klerk, and to the people of South Africa.

Mr. LEEKPAI (Thailand) On behalf of the Government and the people of Thailand, may I extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty eighth session.

I should also like to extend my sincere congratulations to the other members of the Bureau who, I am sure, will effectively assist you in carrying out your onerous but inspiring tasks as President.

Mr. Gorita (Romania) Let me first, on behalf of the delegation of Romania, congratulate the Chairman wholeheartedly on his election to steer the work of the First Committee.

Congratulations have been pouring in from all corners since the winners of this year's much anticipated Nobel Peace Prize winners were announced.

Madagascar joins the international community in expressing its warmest congratulations to the Nobel Peace Prize laureates for 1933, President De Klerk and Mr. Mandela.

On behalf of the AALCC and on my own behalf I wish to convey to Mr. Amara Essy our warmest congratulations on his unanimous election to the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly.

In that spirit, we extend our warmest congratulation to the International Atomic Energy Agency and its Director General, my friend and colleague Mohamed ElBaradei, on the Nobel Peace Prize they so magnificently received last Friday.

The European Union wishes on this occasion also to congratulate wholeheartedly the people of South Africa and its leaders on bringing apartheid to an end and on establishing a united, democratic and non racial South Africa.

Mr. Mesfin (Ethiopia) Allow me first to extend to Ambassador Amara Essy heartfelt congratulations on his unanimous election to preside over the forty ninth session of the General Assembly.

At the outset, I wish to extend our heartfelt felicitations to the Republic of South Africa, which has begun its advancement along the road of democracy by dismantling the apartheid regime of racial discrimination and has assumed its rightful place in the community of nations.

Mr. SAEMALA (Solomon Islands) Let me extend to you, Sir, the warm greetings of my Government and the people of Solomon Islands.

It is not enough to extend congratulations to those leaders or to give them our moral support. The United Nations must take positive complementary steps towards sponsoring projects from which they could benefit economically and socially.

I have taken note of the congratulations of Mr. Boutros Boutros Ghali, Secretary General of the United Nations, to the people of Burundi, who, in his words, quot have responded to the tragedy with exemplary forbearance and restraint quot .

Mr. Singh (India) I bring the best wishes and felicitations of the people of India to the General Assembly as it meets during its historic sixtieth session.

2. The PLO leader, Mr. Yasser Arafat, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Yitzhak Rabin, deserve the wholehearted congratulations of all peace loving people.

Equally, on behalf of the Government of Ecuador, I should like to extend our congratulations to the Secretary General, Mr. Boutros Boutros Ghali, for his work in carrying out his important duties.

Mr. Valle (Brazil) At the outset I wish to extend to you, Mr. Chairman, the warmest congratulations of the Brazilian delegation on your election.

Mr. Pibulsonggram (Thailand) On behalf of the Thai delegation, I extend warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your unanimous election as Chairman of the First Committee.