I should congratulate you.

You both won. I congratulate both of you.

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

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

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.

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

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 wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February.

Mr. Monteiro I would like to congratulate you and your country, Mr. President, on your assumption of your difficult functions for this month.

Mr. Abe (Under Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs) I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the Disarmament Commission.

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.

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

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

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

Mr. Hannesson (Iceland) Mr. President, we congratulate you on your election and wish you well in the important work ahead.

Mr. Kumalo (South Africa) Allow me to congratulate you, Madam, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of May.

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

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

Mr. Adeniji (Nigeria) I would like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month.

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

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

We congratulate the proponents of those initiatives.

Mr. Adechi (Benin) (spoke in French) We would like to thank you, Mr. President, and to congratulate you for your timely initiative to hold a debate on the situation in Haiti.

Mr. Prica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your successful presidency of the Council for the month of December 2005.

It is particularly important today for you to relaunch the efforts of this Conference to secure agreement on a programme of work, and we congratulate you on the way in which you are doing so.

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

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

Please congratulate your children's team from my side.

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

President Uribe Vélez (spoke in Spanish) We congratulate you, Sir, on your election and wish you every possible success in the ongoing reform process.

At the outset of my statement, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month.

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

Mr. ONODERA (Japan) Mr. President, first of all, I would like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency.

Mr. Gala López (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish) Permit me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. Chairman, on your election.

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

Mr. Bodini (San Marino) Mr. Chairman, let me congratulate you and the other members of the Bureau on your election.

We also take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on the important contribution you made some years ago, in another capacity, in developing the framework for United Nations activities in humanitarian and disaster assistance.

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

Mr. Gillerman (Israel) Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to congratulate you again on your leadership of the Security Council.

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

Mr. Pemagbi (Sierra Leone) The delegation of Sierra Leone wishes to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May 2005.

Ms. Zia (Bangladesh) (spoke in Bangla English text provided by the delegation) I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election.

At the outset, we wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

Mr. Abdelaziz (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic) We should like to congratulate you, Sir, and your friendly country, Benin, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month.