We appreciate and support such efforts.

We would like to express our appreciation for those efforts.

We should like to express here our deepest appreciation to France.

We wish to express our appreciation of and our support for all of this.

We also address our appreciation to the Government of Austria for having generously hosted this Meeting.

We convey our appreciation to the secretariat of the International Year of the Family for making the Year a success.

We would like to express our appreciation to the Committee for its efforts to ensure transparency and for sharing the matrix with us.

Our profound appreciation also goes to the outgoing President for the successful preparation of this summit.

We just want to express appreciation for his efforts, and those of the Secretariat, in providing us with this paper.

We wish to express our deepest appreciation to our partners for their flexibility and understanding during the negotiating process.

We also appreciate the efforts by Mr. Alan Doss, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, and his briefing.

We appreciate the statements of the Secretary General Kofi Annan and the representatives of regional organizations.

We wish also to express our deep appreciation to Assistant Secretary General Zacklin for his introduction of the Kalomoh report.

In conclusion, we would like to express our appreciation for the valuable technical cooperation that the Agency extends to member States.

We should like in this connection to express our profound appreciation to our Secretary General and to the States Members of our Organization.

We also appreciate the series of reform measures adopted by President De Klerk since he took office.

We also appreciate the contributions made by the Deputy Secretary General, Ms. Fréchette, the President of the World Bank, Mr. Wolfensohn, and other speakers.

First, we wish to commend you for the thoughtful and most diligent manner in which you are carrying out your duties as President.

Our appreciation goes to Ambassador Kjellén and Ambassador Diallo for their efforts and contribution.

We should also like to express our appreciation for the work done by the Secretary General s Personal Representative, Mr. Sotirios Mousouris.

Finally, we would like to express our appreciation to the international community for its continued support of the Tribunal through both assessed and voluntary contributions.

Mr. Oshima (Japan) We would like to express appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having convened this public meeting today.

We greatly appreciated this initiative and hope that it will serve as a good basis for coming to an agreement on the CD's work.

We appreciate those efforts, and we appeal to all countries to join the process in order to contribute to the security of outer space.

We would also like to express our appreciation for the leadership, the interest and the commitment of Secretary General Annan in this effort.

We wish to express our appreciation to the Secretary General for his comprehensive report on the situation in Afghanistan, as contained in document A 60 224.

We would also like to express our appreciation to the delegation of Oman for its continued efforts in support of this agenda item.

(ii) Express appreciation to the Governments of China and India for their contribution of US 2 million each to the Fund

I should like also to voice our appreciation of the manner in which you are handling the organization of our important work based on that report.

We should also like to express our deep appreciation to your predecessor, Mr. Stoyan Ganev, who guided the proceedings of the forty seventh session to such great effect.

I should also like to express our appreciation to the Director General for his comprehensive and forward looking statement this morning.

We express our appreciation to the government and the people of the State of Qatar for all their kind efforts in hosting and organizing the Second South Summit.

We wish to commend and acknowledge the work of the United Nations, which in all these circumstances has been sustained and effective.

We further wish to express our esteem for the generous pledges of contributions made in response to the United Nations emergency appeal for the stricken countries.

We wish to express our appreciation to the hard working staff of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for compiling this information year after year.

We should also like to express our appreciation to the Secretary General for his efforts in support of the Convention and for his report (A 48 527 and Add.1).

In that context, we very much appreciate the report of the Secretary General (A 60 181) on progress in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 58 289.

Mr. Goonatilleke (Sri Lanka) We appreciate the fact that you, the Foreign Minister of Benin, are presiding over this meeting of the Security Council.

We also wish to extend our recognition to the work of the Prosecutor, Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo, in this complex and challenging task.

We are grateful to the States that have welcomed Russia's declaration that it will not be the first to place weapons of any type in outer space.

Ms. Paterson (United Kingdom) We very much appreciate the efforts that you are making, Mr. Chairman, and the progress that you have made to date.

We should also like to express our appreciation to those who have taken the initiative to negotiate a comprehensive draft resolution to be adopted at the conclusion of these high level plenary meetings.

In this connection, we would like to place on record our appreciation of the decision by the Secretary General and the Security Council to increase the number of United Nations observers in South Africa.

We also wish to express our appreciation to the outgoing President, His Excellency Mr. Samuel Rudolph Insanally, for his sagacious and outstanding stewardship of the previous session of the General Assembly.

In the meantime, we deeply appreciate the activities undertaken by the African Union to maintain security in the region, which is a prerequisite for humanitarian assistance.