You want to take the chair?

India has had the privilege to chair the Group of Governmental Experts on small arms and light weapons.

I note that it is your intention, Mr. President, to lead the discussions of the Working Group in the coming year.

Judicial functions as those of Senior Magistrate above save and except presiding over Licensing Sessions.

To your predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Stoyan Ganev, I express my recognition for his proficiency in chairing the forty seventh session.

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.

President Mugabe Let me begin by congratulating the Co Chairpersons for accepting the onerous task of presiding over this epochal event.

We were pleased to be able to chair a working group on follow up during the third preparatory conference, held in April this year.

I should also like to pay a tribute to his predecessor, Mr. Stoyan Ganev of Bulgaria, for the dedication with which he presided over the work of the Assembly at its forty seventh session.

Since the Special Committee against Apartheid was established in 1962 Nigeria has had the honour and privilege of chairing its work for more than two and a half decades.

Mr. Mekdad (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic) First of all, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you upon your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. I wish you all success in the discharge of your responsibilities.

Judicial functions as those of Chief Magistrate above, save and except presiding over applications under the Betting and Gaming Acts and extradition proceedings.

Mr. Saenz de Tejada (Spain) (interpretation from Spanish) Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your continued chairmanship of the Committee, particularly here in the city of your birth.

Speaking in the general debate of the thirty third session of the General Assembly, in 1978, when I had the privilege to lead the Indian delegation to the General Assembly as Foreign Minister of India, I stated

I am confident that the Gabonese and Swedish co chairpersons of this important meeting will assist in the achievement of the desired goals and that recommendations will be issued that will consolidate the foundations of security, stability and sustainable development throughout the world.

Last month, as we observed the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the partial test ban Treaty, I was privileged to preside over the special meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty in the context of the Treaty apos s Amendment Conference.

Indonesia had co chaired the Ministerial Regional Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime held in Bali in February 2002 and April 2003.

While I propose to preside over meetings of the Working Group myself, it may be necessary from time to time to appoint sub groups to examine and report back to the main Working Group with recommendations on specific aspects of the matter with which the Group is charged.

Linking Beijing 10 to MDG 5 was a joint UNDP World Bank side event that the two organizations presented as co chairs of the United Nations inter agency network on gender.

As much as women today can lead big corporations, pilot international aircraft, perform operations in hospital surgery centres, take over the labour market, finish college and approach the same rights as men, there still is a long way to go.