Congratulations to you, Mickey.

Noriko, I believe congratulations are in order

My compliments on your nephew's engagement.

A brilliant scheme, Captain. My congratulations.

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

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.

This anniversary is no time for complacency or self congratulation.

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

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

France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States announced that they would not send the usual letters of congratulation.

Souvenir items marking the Year have been developed with the United Nations Sales Section and UNICEF Greetings Card Operations.

He congratulated the Fund for the way in which it had convinced these organizations to take population into account in their programmes.

The Government of Barbados is to be congratulated for the excellent arrangements made for the Conference and for the care taken of delegations attending the meeting.

I would be failing in my duty if, in conclusion, I did not extend words of felicitation to the Special Committee against Apartheid.

It is with great pleasure that, on behalf of the members of the Council, I congratulate the Republic of Moldova on this happy and historic occasion.

Our delegation warmly congratulates new UNCLOS States parties and believes that the current trend of broadening the membership of the Convention will continue.

In that report and in my introduction, Vice President Taha and Mr. Garang were congratulated on that great achievement.

In these challenging times, Sir, your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its forty ninth session merits compliments.

I wish to conclude by congratulating the President of the General Assembly, the Ambassador of Guyana, Mr. Samuel Insanally, an outstanding representative of my region.

Libya should be congratulated on tapping underground water to irrigate its desert. (Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty sixth Session, Plenary Meetings, 7th meeting, p. 91)

But Singh certainly did not fool any of the terrorists, some of whom may have read his self congratulation as a challenge for them to act.

Soon we hope to be able to congratulate other countries that will become parties in the coming year, establishing a new record for the number of ratifications.

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.

The South African people deserve to be congratulated and supported in their ceaseless effort to attain freedom and to lay the foundations for the reconstruction of their economic and social institutions.

The Non Aligned Movement is to be congratulated for having taken this initiative this year we hope it will gain the support of the Assembly.

All participants in that process deserve congratulations on their achievements and encouragement and support from the international community in the long and difficult tasks that lie ahead.

Mr. Al Sahlawi (Qatar) (interpretation from Arabic) On behalf of my delegation, I should like to congratulate the Chairman on his election to this post and assure him of our full cooperation in carrying out the tasks entrusted to him.

Just hours after the release of Yara Shams, daughter of Syrian activist and lawyer Michel Shammas, from prison, many congratulation messages were posted on his Facebook wall.

I would like to congratulate the Palestinian people for demonstrating their commitment to democracy during the Palestinian presidential election in January 2005.

We are most gratified by the many congratulatory messages from Governments welcoming the promulgation of the new Constitution of Cambodia and the reaccession to the throne of His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk.

Mr. ZIELENIEC (Czech Republic) Mr. President, let me start by congratulating you on your election to this high office.

The African Group feels it is appropriate to support fully the congratulatory draft resolution before the General Assembly and hopes that it will be adopted by consensus.

I should like also to express my most sincere congratulations to your predecessor, Ambassador Samuel Insanally of Guyana, for the competence and skill with which he led the work of the previous session.

Kelmety wrote about it here Hamas has congratulated the Egyptian president, government, and people on their winning their seventh African Cup of Nations, and their third consecutive championship.

I should like to join those representatives who have congratulated your predecessor, Mr. Stoyan Ganev of Bulgaria, on his effective leadership of the Assembly during its forty seventh session.

I wish also to congratulate the other Assembly officers I am sure they will spare no effort to rendering valuable assistance as you carry out your tasks.

I therefore wish, on behalf of the Government of Togo, in the name of my delegation, and in my own capacity, to congratulate you most sincerely on this tribute to you and to your fraternal country, Côte d apos Ivoire.

Facebook users created several groups hailing Noha's courage All for Noha Roshdy(AR), Kolona Noha Roshdy (AR)(we are all Noha), Noha for President (AR) while other groups posted the verdict on their walls and sent congratulations messages to their members here (AR), here(AR), and here(AR).

I would also like to reaffirm the continued support of Arab States for the work of the IAEA to strengthen its ability to address future challenges and to reiterate our appreciation and congratulations to the Agency and its Director General for their remarkable achievements in maintaining human security. Those efforts have been crowned with success by the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize, which they have earned and well deserve.

On behalf of the least developed countries, we would like most sincerely to congratulate the President on the transparent and inclusive manner in which he has organized the present meetings, which involve all members, each with its specific concerns.

57. Mr. MENZIES (United States of America) congratulated the Committee on Information on the excellent draft resolution before the Committee, which stressed the importance of freedom of the press and freedom of expression.

29. In addressing the subject of the public information policies and activities of the United Nations, all speakers congratulated the Assistant Secretary General for Public Information on assuming his new functions as head of the Department of Public Information.

UNDP was congratulated for not trying to do too much with too little and for its flexibility and adaptability under changing circumstances.

The people and Government of the Republic of Suriname wish to congratulate the people of South Africa and their leaders, especially President Nelson Mandela, on this success, which will have a positive impact on the world community.