Happen he deserved it.

After all, not every politician is widely commended for following his conscience.

I don't know how you do it, I must say. Most praiseworthy effort, I think.

It is noteworthy that he was the first Pope to visit a mosque.

It deserves a commensurate response from the other countries of the region and from the international community.

Brazil, meanwhile, has exhibited commendable political and macroeconomic stability.

This report deserves high commendation for the manner in which it sets forth the various subject matters.

The integrated approach enunciated in the Agenda for Development is therefore commendable.

A word of praise is in order for the report of the Secretary General contained in document A 49 631.

The success of the United Nations and the Organization of American States in shaping the agreement deserves our commendation.

In our view, the activity of the Department of Humanitarian Affairs is equally deserving of praise.

The positive role which the United Nations continued to play in Liberia also merited commendation.

He was commendably humble to admit that he was wrong to have raised expectations so high.

The Secretary General was therefore to be commended for keeping the additional resources requested to a bare minimum.

Both parties are therefore to be commended for this courageous step towards the establishment of peaceful relations between their peoples.

It has, together with Botswana and Zimbabwe, also played a highly commendable role in the peaceful resolution of the constitutional problem in Lesotho.

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Though the statement from the US Embassy in Cairo has become the target of political criticism, it warrants praise for exemplifying American values.

The new Palestinian leaders and people deserve equal praise for their moderation and statesmanship, patience and tolerance.

45. Mr. KIM (Republic of Korea) said that UNITAR had undertaken a commendable restructuring effort, which would help to enhance its efficiency and capabilities.

Despite many misgivings regarding its conduct in other areas, the Saudi regime should be commended for this initiative.

The Secretary General's decision to establish a commission of experts to assist the parties in their quest for justice and reconciliation is highly commendable in that regard.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has made commendable progress in recent months on a number of European Commission feasibility study's priority reform areas.

Multi year payment plans represented a commendable effort by countries experiencing economic hardship to meet their financial obligations to the United Nations.

The efforts to address the problem of the consistently poor were praiseworthy, but the Government could and should do more for vulnerable sectors.

The firm resolve which this Organization, particularly the Security Council, has shown in dealing with the problems of the long suffering people of Haiti is to be commended.

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There have been impressive gains in the past displaying an increasingly concrete acceptance of the social, cultural and sustainability aspects of forests, and this should be applauded.

The President of the General Assembly at its fifty ninth session, Mr. Jean Ping, deserves our highest praise for showing leadership and crafting an outcome document that reflects our concerns and aspirations in a fair and delicately balanced way.

Equally deserving of commendation is Venezuela's initiative in the Caribbean, called Petrocaribe, which will help Caribbean countries to respond to the challenges posed by the high price of oil.

The Secretary General himself deserves praise and credit for having presided this year over the sixth, and arguably the most successful thus far, meeting with the heads of regional organizations having a partnership with the world Organization.

As reported previously, Bosnia and Herzegovina has made commendable progress in recent months on a number of the priority reform areas of the European Commission feasibility study.

To that end, the work of the International Law Commission should be supported and, if possible, it should be proposed that terrorism be included within the draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind.

It deserves renewed commendation.

They deserve to be commended for their success.

Don't scold me, man. My post is fine.

Your vast experience, your foresight and your relentless quest for practical solutions to problems leave me in no doubt that the Conference will make commendable progress during your presidency.

Ms. Shin said that although it was commendable that education was compulsory for all children up to the age of 16, the reality was quite different.

This is indeed a commendable move.

Meanwhile, agreeing on Basel 3 banking standards in just two years is commendable, especially as Basel 2 took a decade to negotiate.

It was commendable that measures were planned to promote education for women, but he wondered whether the State party had considered the possibility of adopting temporary special measures to encourage girls to stay in school.

Mr. Taranda (Belarus) welcomed the fact that gender equality issues and the promotion of women were increasingly taken into account and more new programmes and strategies were adopted in that regard.

Did he have it coming to him?

Stop it