Those changes have been most welcome.

That is very welcome.

That was warmly greeted by the residents of Tokelau.

On behalf of the Committee, I would like to extend a warm welcome to them.

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Oluyemi Adeniji.

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Aziz Pahad.

In that connection, we very much welcome the thoughts outlined by Poland.

In that context, we warmly welcome the proposal to establish a peacebuilding commission.

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Ali Othman Taha.

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Baba Gana Kingibe.

The President On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti.

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, Mr. Hoshyar Zebari.

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. John Garang de Mabior.

I should like to warmly welcome Mr. Aziz Pahad, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa.

Denmark was thus happy to sponsor the draft resolution and warmly welcomes its unanimous adoption.

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq.

Although not approved within the framework of the New and Emerging Science and Technology programme, the project was well received.

We warmly welcome the accessions to the Honolulu Convention this year of the Philippines, Japan, Canada, Vanuatu and France.

We unequivocally welcome the Secretary General's report entitled In larger freedom (A 59 2005).

CARICOM warmly welcomes Mexico's ratification of the Rome Statute on 31 October.

In this respect, the commitment announced by the G 8 in Gleneagles to double annual aid to Africa is very welcome.

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Boutros Assaker, Acting Secretary General of the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants.

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Nebojsa Cović, President of the Coordination Centre of Serbia and Montenegro and of the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija.

Vanuatu also strongly welcomes the commitments made by Qatar, the People's Republic of China and the European Union to assist developing countries in attaining the Goals.

We warmly welcome the reaffirmation by leaders at the summit of their commitment to the full and effective implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000).

We welcome in particular the cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the subsequent demonstration of the growing political maturity of Kosovo's leaders.

On behalf of the Security Council, I extend a warm welcome to Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs and former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.

The Chairman Allow me to extend my warm welcome to all delegations. I look forward to working with them in a cooperative and productive atmosphere during the weeks ahead.

The fact that the draft principle, in contrast to existing liability regimes, accords the right of compensation to both natural and legal persons, including States, was welcomed.

Earlier this month, Pakistan actively supported, and warmly welcomes, Afghanistan's entry as a member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

The campaign was met by great enthusiasm from Mauritanian intellectuals and figures, who praised the campaign and and donated many books. Hussein Ould Mohammed Omar blogged about the initiative

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to the Chairman in Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, Mr. Dimitrij Rupel, and invite him to take a seat at the Council table.

His delegation warmly welcomed the cooperative approach taken by the new Under Secretary General for Safety and Security and supported his proposal for the appointment of designated points of contact for security matters.

Warmly welcoming also the election by the Emergency Loya Jirga, in secret ballot, of the Head of State, President Hamid Karzai, and the establishment of the Afghan Transitional Authority,

When, therefore, on October 17, 1689, Frontenac arrived in Quebec as governor for the second time, he received an enthusiastic welcome, and confidence was at once restored in the public mind.

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Nebojsa Covic, President of the Coordination Centre of Serbia and Montenegro and of the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija, and invite him to take a seat at the Council table.

Australia also warmly welcomes the democratic outcome of the September 2005 national and provincial elections and applauds the courage shown by all Afghans who took part, as candidates and as voters.

In that regard, Australia has warmly welcomed the recent successful end to United Nations peacekeeping in Timor Leste and the creation of a successor mission with a strong peacebuilding mandate.

We especially welcome the unsealing by Pre Trial Chamber II, on 14 October, of the first five warrants of arrest against senior leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Uganda.

I also strongly welcome the report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations on sexual exploitation and abuse which, once approved by the General Assembly, will provide my Department with a clear and comprehensive strategy for moving forward.

The Conference on Disarmament should conclude negotiations on the fissile material cut off treaty as soon as possible, and the proposal to establish an ad hoc committee on nuclear disarmament was a very welcome one.

The European Union warmly welcomes this opportunity to join with other Member States, civil society and all youth delegates present here today in celebrating the progress made in achieving greater opportunities for young people.

In that context, Iceland warmly welcomes the United Nations action plan for implementing resolution 1325 (2000) across the United Nations system, which has been presented to the Security Council in the report of the Secretary General.

My delegation warmly welcomes the significant progress made so far by various parties in the context of the process of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers, as well as in developing action plans to end their use in conflict situations.

Mr. Sen (India) India has warmly welcomed the agreement concluded between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on the Rafah border crossing for travel between Gaza and Egypt and for building a seaport in the Gaza Strip.