I should congratulate you.

We congratulate the proponents of those initiatives.

Please congratulate your children's team from my side.

You both won. I congratulate both of you.

I should like as well to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of this Committee and also to congratulate the other members of the Bureau.

I congratulate him, I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.

We warmly congratulate Mexico for taking that important step, and we also congratulate the Dominican Republic and Kenya, which became States parties to the Rome Statute during the past year.

Mr. Rastam (Malaysia) I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on presiding over today's meeting and to congratulate your delegation on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month.

I congratulate the candidates on conducting their campaigns in a peaceful manner.

I take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. Chairman, upon your election.

The members of the Council congratulate the Palestinian people on this election.

Allow me to congratulate you and the entire Bureau on your election.

We also like to congratulate him on his able leadership of the CTC.

We also congratulate Ambassador Wang Guangya for the successful Chinese presidency in April.

At the same time, we warmly congratulate Mr. Søren Jessen Petersen on his briefing.

I wish to congratulate them most sincerely for their efforts and their excellent briefings.

In particular, we would like to congratulate the Afghan women who have been elected.

SCO members would like to congratulate the Afghan Government and people on those achievements.

We congratulate the Iraqis on their steady and courageous progress in their political transition.

I am encouraged by this development and congratulate the parties on achieving this milestone.

We congratulate Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and the members of his Cabinet on their appointment.

We also warmly congratulate Mr. ElBaradei on his reappointment as IAEA Director General for another term.

Through you, I would also like to congratulate the members of the Bureau on their elections.

At the same time, we congratulate and thank those countries that have already achieved that target.

I take this opportunity to congratulate the Government and people of Ethiopia for that noble decision.

Mr. Smith (Belize) We congratulate the President of the General Assembly on the assumption of his office.

I would like first to congratulate Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel on his very insightful and straightforward statement.

I also take this opportunity to congratulate Judge Pocar on his recent assumption of that important post.

We congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the Disarmament Commission at its 2005 session.

I also wish to congratulate your predecessor, who guided our work admirably during the fifty ninth session.

I should like also to congratulate Ambassador Javier Rupérez for his work as Executive Director of the CTC.

Mr. Sen (India) We congratulate you, Mr. President, on convening these historic plenary meetings under agenda item 53.

I wish to congratulate the Co Chairpersons, on their election to preside over this historic and important meeting.

First, I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

Here, we congratulate Prime Minister Sharon and the Israeli Knesset on their continued firm position in that regard.

President Duarte Frutos (spoke in Spanish) At the outset, I congratulate the Co Chairpersons on their well deserved election.

I would also like to congratulate the Secretary General for his comprehensive report contained in document A 60 61.

We would like to congratulate Benin once again on its assuming the presidency of the Council for this month.

We wish to congratulate the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children in Armed Conflict for his briefing.

Allow me also to congratulate Ambassador Eliasson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

I especially congratulate Judge Fausto Pocar on his appointment as President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Mr. Swe (Myanmar) Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you for holding this open debate on children and armed conflict.

We congratulate the Emergency Relief Coordinator and the Inter Agency Standing Committee on their efforts to advance the cluster approach.

Mr. RIVASSEAU (France) (translated from French) Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you very warmly as you take the Chair.

Mr. MINE (Japan) Mr. President, at the outset I would like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency.