The President I have great pleasure in welcoming His Excellency Mr. Ibrahim al Jaafari, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq, and inviting him to address the General Assembly.

That is why I am pleased to welcome the decisions of the G 8 to cancel the debt of 18 developing countries, as well as other steps taken by the European Union to increase official development assistance (ODA).

The President I have great pleasure in welcoming His Excellency Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili, Prime Minister and Minister for Defence and Public Service of the Kingdom of Lesotho, and inviting him to address the General Assembly.

The President I have great pleasure in welcoming His Excellency The Honourable Maatia Toafa, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour of Tuvalu, and inviting him to address the General Assembly.

The President I have great pleasure in welcoming Her Excellency Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, and inviting her to address the General Assembly.

I have the pleasure and honour of giving the floor to the Secretary General.

It is with pleasure that I transmit the annual report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

On behalf of the Committee, I would like to extend a warm welcome to them.

Against that background, I am pleased to introduce draft resolution A 60 L.20.

I am most delighted and indeed honoured to address this Assembly for the first time as President of the Republic of Namibia.

I am going. Those who want to come, I welcome you to come along with me.

I should like also to welcome the presence of the Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan.

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I was also pleased to announce here this week a contribution of 10 million to the Democracy Fund.

Sir Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom) I have the pleasure to speak on behalf of the European Union.

I am also pleased to note that, just last month, a report on Chernobyl's legacy was issued.

To finish, I would like to welcome the 4,700th baby born since the beginning of this talk.

We can do things better, and I welcome the reform debate on both sides.

I would also like to welcome the many statements that rightly have underlined that the situation in Kosovo is a very complex one.

At the outset, Mr. Minister, I would like to welcome your presence in the Chair at this important meeting.

I should like to warmly welcome Mr. Aziz Pahad, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa.

Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French) I should like first of all to welcome the presence among us of the Secretary General.

I welcome the presence of the Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan.

I would particularly like to welcome Ms. Kawaguchi and to thank her for her thoughtful and detailed remarks.

I should like to welcome the return of the members of the Council and the Secretariat who took part in the mission to Haiti.

In accordance with article 10, paragraph 1, of the statute of the Joint Inspection Unit, I am pleased to submit this annual report.

On behalf of its sponsors, I have the pleasure today to introduce draft resolution A 60 L.22, entitled Oceans and the law of the sea .

Furthermore, I welcome the ongoing resettlement programmes.

I, therefore, welcome our commitment to increase our official development assistance.

Mr. Dolgov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian) Mr. Minister, we are delighted to welcome you as President of the Security Council.

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For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Oluyemi Adeniji.

I thus welcome the strengthening of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Aziz Pahad.

Allow me to welcome the presence among us of other delegations, as well as the ongoing efforts they are making to ensure that young people are able to participate in society.

After consulting with the Prosecutor and in conformity with the resolution, I am pleased to submit to you a revised version of the completion strategy of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, containing the assessment requested (see enclosure).

I should like also to express our appreciation to the President of the Gabonese Republic for the efforts made by his country in guiding the work of the previous session of the General Assembly.

I am also pleased to welcome the presence of Ambassador Valdés, to whom I am particularly grateful for having briefed us on the situation in Haiti.

The President It is my great pleasure to welcome the presence of the Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, at this meeting.

As I said in my opening statement, I very much welcome those invitations.

In addition, I should like to welcome the CTC's new members.

I welcome the presence of the Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, at this meeting.

So I would welcome a possibility to discuss this issue informally in the future.

I welcome the offer of CARICOM to provide technical assistance to the electoral process.