Please congratulate your children's team from my side.

I also wish to congratulate Ambassador Adamantios Vassilakis of Greece and his team for their important work in facilitating the preparation of the document.

Moreover, we congratulate Mr. Richard Barrett and the Monitoring Team, as well as the Secretariat members, for the assistance they provide to the Committee.

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.

My delegation would like to congratulate Assistant Secretary General Robert Orr and his team for their excellent work in putting together the important report before us.

Which is your favorite team?

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

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.

Your team is stronger than ours.

Which is your favourite football team?

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.

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

Thirdly, each team leader please report your progress.

I should congratulate you.

I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Secretary General and his team for this excellent initiative, without which the Millennium Development Goals might well have remained no more than pious hopes.

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

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

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.

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 care that your customer and your team is happy and you're organized with that.

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.

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

Thus, we would like publicly to congratulate the Director of the Regional Centre, Mr. Péricles Gasparini Alves, and his team on their outstanding leadership, commitment, dedication and enthusiasm, which have made the Centre an example to be emulated.

Mr. Motoc (Romania) Allow me, at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you very warmly on your assumption of the presidency of the Council.

I well know, therefore, what a difficult task it is, and I congratulate you, Mr. President, Ambassador Jan Eliasson, on your recent election.

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

We congratulate the proponents of those initiatives.

Mr. ROCHA PARANHOS (Brazil) Mr. President, like others, I would like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the CD today.

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

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

Mr. Patterson (Jamaica) I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly.

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.

You both won. I congratulate both of you.

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. STREULI (Switzerland) (translated from French) Mr. President, first of all I would like to congratulate you on your appointment as President of this Conference.

President Gašparovič At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

Mr. Danesh Yazdi (Islamic Republic of Iran) At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the First Committee.