The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Tehran.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran presents its compliments to the Embassy of Switzerland (United States Interests Section) in Tehran and informs the latter that

The Embassy of the United Kingdom presents its compliments to the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, and has the honour to acknowledge their note of 6 May 2005.

The Permanent Mission of Palau to the United Nations presents it compliments to the Committee and has the honour to submit to the latter Palau's supplementary report on Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) (see enclosure).

The Permanent Mission of Costa Rica presents its compliments to the Secretary General, and has the honour to refer to the sixth meeting of the United Nations Open ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea.

The Permanent Mission of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan and wishes to communicate the following.

The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Committee and has the honour to submit herewith the report of the Kingdom of Bhutan, pursuant to paragraph 6 of Security Council resolution 1455 (2003) (see annex).

The Embassy of the United Kingdom presents its compliments to the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship and has the honour to acknowledge note No. 75 2005 of 27 October 2005.

The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004) and has the honour to forward to the Committee the report regarding the implementation of resolution 1572 (2004).

The Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and has the honour to refer to his note dated 17 December 2004.

The Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) and has the honour to refer to Security Council resolution 1596 (2005).

The Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations presents its compliments to the President of the Security Council and has the honour to submit herewith the assessment of the work of the Security Council during Spain's presidency in September 2004 (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Benin to the United Nations presents its compliments to the United Nations and has the honour to transmit the attached second report of Benin on measures taken in implementation of Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) (see enclosure).

The Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations presents its compliments to the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations and has the honour to inform him that the French Government has decided to nominate Mr. Gérard Biraud for appointment to the Joint Inspection Unit for the 2006 2010 term.

The Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) and has the honour to transmit, annexed hereto, a copy of Bolivia's report submitted in compliance with that resolution (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of Tunisia to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Committee and, with reference to his note of 22 October 2004, has the honour to transmit to him herewith the responses of Tunisia to the questions contained therein (see enclosure).

The Permanent Mission of Djibouti to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and has the honour to acknowledge receipt of his notes verbales dated 21 June 2004 and 7 March 2005.

The Permanent Mission of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman and has the honour to transmit herewith, for consideration, the response of the United Republic of Tanzania to the latter's letter of 11 October 2005 (see enclosure).

The Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), and has the honour to submit, in accordance with paragraph 4 of resolution 1540 (2004), the report of the Republic of Lithuania for the year 2005 (see annex ).

The Permanent Mission of Malta to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004), and has the honour to refer to the latter's note verbale of 4 March 2005 concerning Côte d'Ivoire.

The Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Committee and has the honour to transmit, annexed hereto, a copy of the report sent by the Vice Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Bolivia, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1455 (2003) (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of Brunei Darussalam presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and has the honour to transmit herewith the report of Brunei Darussalam in accordance with paragraph 4 of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to paragraph 14 of Security Council resolution 1572 (2004) and has the honour to submit hereby the information requested under paragraph 15 of the said resolution.

The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman and has the honour to transmit herewith the fifth report in compliance with paragraph 6 of resolution 1373 (2001) on the steps taken to implement that resolution (see enclosure).

The Permanent Mission of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman and has the honour to transmit herewith the report from the competent authorities in the Sultanate of Oman in response to the Chairman's note dated 22 October 2004 (see enclosure).

The Permanent Mission of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and has the honour to submit herewith the report of the United Republic of Tanzania on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), on the non proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, and has the honour to refer to his note dated 30 September 2005.

The Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) and has the honour to submit herewith the fifth report presented by the Government of Egypt, in response to the inquiries of the Committee regarding further information on Egyptian laws and regulations (see enclosure).

The Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004), and has the honour to submit herewith the report of the Government of Denmark to the Committee, in accordance with paragraph 15 of the resolution (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), and has the honour to submit herewith the first national report of the Kingdom of Cambodia, prepared by the Ministry of National Defense of the Royal Government of Cambodia (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Committee and, with reference to the latter's letter dated 10 October 2005, has the honour to transmit herewith the second report of Finland, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Secretary General of the United Nations and has the honour to transmit herewith a statement by the Government of Iceland regarding the regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Department for Disarmament Affairs and, as a representative of the country chairing the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), has the honour to forward herewith the statement of the CSTO with regard to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations (Vienna) presents its compliments to the Secretary General of the United Nations and has the honour to inform him that the satellite TiungSAT 1, registered by Malaysia in its note verbale of 18 January 2002 (A AC.105 INF.406), is no longer in operation.

The Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004) concerning Côte d'Ivoire and has the honour to transmit to him herewith the statement by the French Government to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to that resolution (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia and has the honour to report on the steps that have been taken to implement the measures contained in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of resolution 1532 (2004) (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and, with reference to the Committee note verbale dated 19 August 2005, has the honour to transmit the second part of the Government of Australia pursuant to Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Niger to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities and has the honour to submit herewith the national report of its country in accordance with Security Council resolution 1455 (2003).

The Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), and has the honour to transmit an update of the report of the Government of Chile, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Security Council resolution 1540 (see annex).

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Tehran and, with reference to the note verbale dated 19 February 2005 of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (see S 2005 138), has the honour to state the following

The Permanent Mission of Ukraine presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004) concerning Côte d'Ivoire and, with reference to paragraph 15 of the resolution and the notes of the Chairman of 17 December 2004 and 4 March 2005, has the honour to inform the Committee of the following.

The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and, with reference to his letter dated 15 June 2005, has the honour to submit herewith the second report of the Russian Federation on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), concerning measures for the non proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and has the honour to acknowledge receipt of the Chairman's letters of 21 June 2004 and 7 March 2005.

The Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan and, with reference to paragraph 3 (a) (vi) of resolution 1591 (2005), has the honour to submit the attached information regarding the steps that have been taken by Switzerland to implement the measures imposed by that resolution (see annex).

The Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations in New York presents its compliments to the Secretary General and has the honour to transmit herewith a copy of the recommendations adopted by the national workshop regarding the legal instruments to fight terrorism, which was held in Cairo on 21 and 22 December 2004 (see annex).