Mr. Willians Slate (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish) My delegation joins previous speakers in congratulating you, Mr. Chairman, on your well deserved election and in congratulating the other members of the Bureau.

Mr. Jessen Petersen Let me begin, Sir, by congratulating you as the President of the Council.

While congratulating Mr. Konan Banny on his nomination, the Group assured him of its full support.

I am sure that all members join me in congratulating them on receiving that prestigious award.

We join others in congratulating Judge Pocar on his election, and we welcome him to the Council.

President Kufuor I wish to join previous speakers in congratulating the United Nations on its sixtieth anniversary.

Miss Majali (Jordan) Mr. Chairman, my delegation associates itself with other members of the Non Aligned Movement in congratulating you.

President Mugabe Let me begin by congratulating the Co Chairpersons for accepting the onerous task of presiding over this epochal event.

President Abdul Gayoom Let me begin by congratulating the Co Chairpersons on their election to jointly preside over this important summit.

Mr. Chairman, the Philippines joins other delegations in congratulating you and the members of your Bureau on your well deserved election.

Like many others before me, I join in congratulating Mexico on becoming the one hundredth State party to the Rome Statute.

President Jammeh Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

And when it airs I get calls from all the guys I was with and they tell me that they receive hundreds of calls congratulating them.

We also wish to join others in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency, and to assure you of our full support and cooperation.

Congratulating the people of Burundi for the successful conclusion of the transitional period and the peaceful transfer of authority to representative and democratically elected government and institutions,

Mr. Martirosyan (Armenia) Allow me first to join others in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the First Committee and, through you, the Bureau.

My delegation joins others in congratulating the Government of Afghanistan and the Afghan people on the remarkable progress they have achieved since the Bonn Agreement of December 2001.

Let me conclude by congratulating the Secretary General and his staff on the work they have undertaken in this historic and hectic year of action, often under difficult circumstances.

Mr. Molyviatis (Greece) Let me begin, Mr. President, by congratulating you upon your election as President of the General Assembly and assure you of my country's unwavering support for your endeavours.

Mr. Pak Gil Yon (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) I wish first of all to join other delegations in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the chairmanship of the First Committee.

De Villepin said that while congratulating China on entering a new era, he will continue to devote himself to developing cooperation between France and China and Europe and promote cooperative fields, such as bilateral cyberspace governance.

President Obasanjo Sir, let me begin by congratulating Ambassador Jan Eliasson on his election as President of the sixtieth session the General Assembly, during which vital events in the life of our Organization will take place.

Mr. Gerus (Belarus) (spoke in Russian) At the outset, I take this opportunity to join in congratulating the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Director General, Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, on being awarded the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.

Mr. Al Nasser (Qatar) (spoke in Arabic) At the outset, Sir, allow me to add my voice to those of colleagues who preceded me in congratulating you wholeheartedly on your election to the chairmanship of the First Committee.

Mr. Wali (Nigeria) The African Group joins other delegations in congratulating you, Mr. President, for convening this special solemn plenary meeting as part of the activities to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

Mr. Najafi (Islamic Republic of Iran) As this is the first time I have taken the floor, I should like to join others in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the chairmanship and to congratulate the other members of the Bureau.

Mr. Inkiriwang (Indonesia) On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, I would like to begin by warmly congratulating Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei on his reappointment to the post of Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for a third term.

Mr. KIKINE (Lesotho), congratulating the outgoing Director General on the healthy state in which he was leaving the Organization after eight years of effective leadership, welcomed the Director General designate, whose experience of the Organization augured well for the effective fulfilment of his mandate.

Ms. FORERO (Colombia) (translated from Spanish) Mr. President, I am taking the floor for the first time in plenary under your presidency, I would like to begin by congratulating you on the appropriate and creative way in which you have been conducting our discussions.

I really hope you can see how what we're doing here is taking a compelling question, a compelling answer, but we're paving a smooth, straight path from one to the other and congratulating our students for how well they can step over the small cracks in the way.

Five years later, while some are congratulating themselves on avoiding another depression, no one in Europe or the United States can claim that prosperity has returned. The European Union is just emerging from a double dip (and in some countries a triple dip) recession, and some member states are in depression.

Congratulating the Secretary General for his report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa,A 52 871 S 1998 318. and bearing in mind the statement on small arms made by the President of the Security Council on 24 September 1999,S PRST 1999 28 see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1999.