Candide became part of his large, diverse body of philosophical, political and artistic works expressing these views.

The Working Group conveys its appreciation to the Government for having provided the requested information.

Mr. Takahashi (Japan) thanked the Commissioner General for his work and his report.

He noted that even though FDI inflows into Africa had increased in 2003 and 2004, most of this increase was accounted for by investment in natural resources exploitation.

He thanked the facilitators for their hard work, and the Non Aligned Movement and the European Union for their cooperation.

It also thanked the Republic of Turkey for hosting the First Round of Trade Negotiation under the Agreement.

The Commissioner again acknowledges with gratitude their contributions.

He thanked the Department of Public Information for its understanding and the efforts made to reactivate that centre.

In conclusion, I echo a comment made by Mr. Egeland and express our concern at the weak response to some United Nations emergency appeals regarding certain situations here I refer in particular to the Sahel.

Introductory remarks by H.E. Ambassador Munir Akram, President of ECOSOC, began with the acknowledgment and welcoming of everyone to the NGO Civil Society Forum.

He thanked Costa Rica for keeping the important question of the relationship between the Convention and international humanitarian law before the Committee.

The independent expert extends his particular thanks to staff of United Nations agencies with whom he met and who shared their experience and enthusiasm.

In a short address, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques thanked clerics, writers and the Ministry of Interior for their efforts in defending the kingdom.

The independent expert wishes to thank all those whom he met for their courtesy, availability and contribution to the success of his mission.

The Special Rapporteur would like also to take this opportunity to gratefully acknowledge each of these agencies for its very kind and generous support.

By focusing its efforts on implementation, the Special Committee had created a new dynamic and he was sure that, with the support of Member States, the challenge of implementation could be met.

Lastly, it was to be hoped that the recent conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement between UNIDO and UNDP would help improve the effectiveness of the field offices and enhance decentralization within the Organization.

He further thanked Mr. Michael Zammit Cutajar (Malta), the first Executive Secretary, who headed the secretariat from 1991 to 2002.

The Secretary General would like to express his sincere thanks to the 88 Member States that met their financial obligations to the tribunals in full in 2004.

Fiji supported the continuation of annual regional seminars held alternately in the Caribbean and Pacific regions and would like to see more vigorous efforts to implement their outcomes.

Lastly, it had discussed the work of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications and he was pleased to note that the Programme was stepping up its efforts to help countries develop and implement new projects as a follow up to various programme activities.

With respect to those three points, I should like to make some brief comments and to convey the gratitude of the Government of Haiti for the support being provided by the United Nations system through MINUSTAH.

The EU also welcomed the consultations held by UNIDO staff with officials from the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu on accession to the Organization's Constitution and hoped that those consultations would continue.

My delegation wishes to express its thanks to Tribunal Presidents Judge Erik Møse and Judge Fausto Pocar and Chief Prosecutors Hassan Jallow and Carla Del Ponte for their respective presentations.

He thanked the UNHCR representative office in his country for assisting his Government in implementing refugee legislation and the recently amended law on citizenship.

He thanked the donors and expressed the hope that with their help, the Agency would be able to increase its effectiveness and broaden the sphere of its activities, especially given the population increase in the region.

You live by calling it a lie .

And you make its denial your share ?

and do you make it your living to cry lies ?

And make it your provision that ye should belie it ?

And instead ( of thanking Allah ) for the provision He gives you , on the contrary , you deny Him ( by disbelief ) !

And you make it your livelihood to deny it ?

and your portion in it is simply that you denounce it as false ?

And make denial thereof your livelihood ?

And make your denial of it your vocation ?

do you make it your provision to belie it ?

And make the thanks for your provision that you deny the Provider ?

Would you reject the sustenance that you receive rather than give thanks ?

And to give ( it ) the lie you make your means of subsistence .

Do you make its denial your means of livelihood ?

And have ye made it your livelihood that ye should declare it false ?

Expresses its utmost thanks and appreciation to the Republic of Yemen for hosting the 20th Session of the Islamic Committee of the International Crescent, held in Sana'a, Yemen, on 5 6 December, 2004,

His delegation felt strongly that issues relating to WTO negotiations should not be discussed at the United Nations and hoped that the language of the draft resolution would not be cited in a way that interfered with those negotiations.

12 Thanks the IDB for its initiative to alleviate the Member States' debt. The global amount contributed by the IDB under the 2003 exercise stood at US 144 million and benefited 14 Member States.

The independent expert wishes to thank the representatives of the diplomatic donor community with whom he met in Nairobi, including representatives of the African Union, the European Union and the United States of America.