Those changes have been most welcome.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

Warmly welcoming the appointment by the Secretary General of a Special Representative for Afghanistan, and endorsing the approach outlined by the Special Representative at the meeting of the Security Council on 13 November 2001,See S PV.4414.

In conclusion, I would point out that we warmly welcomed the statement made by the representative of China, and wish to congratulate his delegation in particular on the progress his country has made in the peaceful uses of outer space.

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In particular, we welcome the support that we hope and expect will be expressed in the presidential statement to be adopted later today on the need for more responsibility in the management of small arms and light weapons transfers.

That is very welcome.

We welcome the moves to expand the Central Emergency Revolving Fund and the commitment of donors.

We recognize and welcome that.

We welcome this renewed commitment.

We welcome that new development.

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

We welcome those concrete and bold proposals.