And a carnation.

Carnation, huh?

A white carnation.

(Signed) Sami Kronfol Permanent Representative

Have you got pink champagne? Of course.

Do you have pink champagne? Of course.

The Chairman paid tribute to the memory of Mr. Sami Kronfol.

Put on your best clothes and buy flowers.

I don't want carnations from any young man

Tribute to the memory of His Excellency Mr. Sami Kronfol, Permanent Representative of Lebanon

With the passing of Mr. Kronfol, our loss is enormous.

I would also like to extend the group's condolences following the passing of His Excellency Mr. Sami Kronfol, Permanent Representative of Lebanon, to the Lebanese Mission to the United Nations and to the family of Mr. Kronfol.

Tribute to the memory of Mr. Sami Kronfol, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations

Tribute to the memory of Mr. Sami Kronfol, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations

Ambassador Kronfol was an experienced diplomat with extensive knowledge of multilateral and Arab affairs.

Finally, I would like personally to pay tribute to a great friend and a dear colleague, the late Ambassador Sami Kronfol.

On this day we also recall our former colleague, the Permanent Representative of Lebanon, Ambassador Sami Kronfol, who passed away recently.

Mr. Kronfol (Lebanon) said that his delegation associated itself with the statements of the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic and of the Observer for Palestine.

During his tenure, Ambassador Kronfol won the friendship, respect and admiration of his colleagues, representing his country and his Government effectively and with dedication and a sense of responsibility.

On behalf of the General Assembly, I request the representative of Lebanon to convey our condolences to the Government and the people of Lebanon and to the bereaved family of His Excellency Mr. Sami Kronfol.

We have lost his outstanding professional capacities. He was highly intellectual, and was an expert in history, philosophy and science.

I should like to express my thanks and appreciation to the General Assembly for the expressions of solidarity and condolence following the death of Ambassador Sami Kronfol, Permanent Representative of Lebanon.

I invite representatives to stand and observe a minute of silence in tribute to the memory of His Excellency Mr. Gnassingbé Eyadema, His Excellency Mr. Zurab Zhvania and His Excellency Mr. Sami Kronfol.

Further, it is our sad duty to pay tribute to the memory of the late Permanent Representative of Lebanon, His Excellency Mr. Sami Kronfol, who passed away on Tuesday, 1 February 2005.

On behalf of the Arab Group, we also express our condolences upon the loss of the Permanent Representative of Lebanon, Mr. Sami Kronfol.

We express our sincere condolences to the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations, to the Government of Lebanon and, above all, to Ambassador Kronfol's family. May God have mercy upon him.

Mr. Menan (Togo) (spoke in French) It is with profound grief and great sorrow that we speak on behalf of the Government and the people of Togo during the General Assembly's tribute to the memory of President Gnassingbé Eyadema of Togo, Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania of Georgia and Ambassador Sami Kronfol of Lebanon, all of whom have left us.

I also have the honour to convey, on behalf of the Asian Group, our deepest condolences on the passing of brother Ambassador Sami Kronfol, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations, to the Government and people of Lebanon and to our brothers in the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations on his much lamented death.

We have all worked with Ambassador Kronfol, who represented his country in an outstanding manner and who defended its cause in the United Nations and elsewhere. We could all sense his profound commitment and the sincerity of his efforts in all his activities.