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

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

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

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

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

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.

The Conference commended the brilliant results achieved by the First Tournament of the Islamic Solidarity Games graciously hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and expressed its appreciation to the Islamic Republic of Iran for its plans to host the Second Tournament of the Islamic Solidarity Games.

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

He thanked the 12 States that had sent replies to the questionnaire for their cooperation and highlighted the fact that some States provided detailed information that could potentially serve as promising practices in dealing with some of the issues involving people of African descent.

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

Support was expressed for both approaches.

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.

Others expressed misgivings.

He intended to act accordingly.

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The Commissioner again acknowledges with gratitude their contributions.

Several representatives expressed appreciation for the proposal.

The Conference welcomed them and expressed appreciation for their presence.

He believed that there was no army.

He hoped that that trend would be sustained.

A number of delegations expressed support for a documentary approach.

Concern was also expressed at the increased use of cannabis.

Support was expressed for the work of the advisory body by some delegations.

Several participants expressed the need for unconditional cancellation of debt.

Participants supported the establishment of a Human Rights Council.

He expressed his Government's satisfaction at this successful joint effort.

Turkey had often pointed out that drug trafficking and organized crime were significant sources of financing for terrorist groups, and his delegation was pleased that the international community was finally beginning to recognize that connection.

He regretted that the Council did not endorse the Committee's decision.

He hoped that problems would be resolved by negotiation and dialogue.

The Special Rapporteur welcomes this fruitful cooperation with EUMC and intends to increase it further in the future.

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

Representatives expressed appreciation for the documentation provided by the Secretariat.

Members of the Working Group expressed gratitude for the papers presented.

He trusted that that compromise would not be jeopardized.

Representatives expressed appreciation for the documentation provided by the Secretariat.

His delegation wished to know the reasons for that backlog.

The Study Group expressed support for the general orientation of the memorandum.

He hoped that the draft resolution would be adopted by consensus.

UNCTAD's work should be supportive of development goals, taking into account commitments undertaken by member States.

He hoped that the draft resolution would be adopted by consensus.

The mission report expressed satisfaction with current security conditions and recommended action to be taken.

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.