Congratulations on your face.

Please accept my sincere congratulations on your success today.

Mr. CYNKIN (United States of America) Congratulations on your assumption, Mr. President.

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

I would also like to extend to you our warm congratulations on your accession to your high office.

Congratulations. Mazel tov.

Congratulations, you wicked girl!

Congratulations, you have won!

We also wish to extend our congratulations to the President and the other members of the Bureau on your election.

I extend to you, sir, my personal congratulations and those of the Tribunal on your being elected President of the General Assembly.

I would like, first of all, to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the important position of Chairman.

And the other said, No. That's great. Congratulations!

I hear you passed the entrance exam. Congratulations!

President Halonen My congratulations to the Co Chairpersons.

Mr. Kryzhanivsky (Ukraine) I would like to express my warmest congratulations to you, Ambassador Choi, on your assumption of the chairmanship of the Committee.

Imagine their congratulations and their high image of you.

May I be the first to offer my congratulations.

Mr. SANDERS (Netherlands) Mr. President, of course, first of all, my congratulations on your assumption of this high and important office, and we wish you every bit of success in your endeavours.

I would like to offer warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the First Committee at the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

Mr. Adamia (Georgia) At the outset, I would like to express my delegation's congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as the Chairman of the First Committee.

He said, Thank you. We had a baby. I said, Congratulations.

Please convey our congratulations to the other members of the Bureau.

My congratulations go also to the other members of the Bureau.

Brazilian President Ditmeyer said in greetings , I would like to extend my warm congratulations on your re election as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and wish you much success in your new term.

And congratulations on being such big makhers that you've become TED meisters.

Ms. WHELAN (Ireland) Congratulations or commiserations, Mr. President, whichever is most appropriate.

Mr. Manis (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic) I am pleased to extend to you, Sir, our sincere congratulations and appreciation on your election to the chairmanship of this important Committee.

President Torrijos (spoke in Spanish) Allow me, Sir, to express the congratulations of the Government of Panama on your election to preside over this historic session of the General Assembly.

Mr. Al Jaafari (Iraq) (spoke in Arabic) I wish first of all to express my sincerest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly.

Mr. Ba'Omar (Oman) (spoke in Arabic) At the outset, Sir, allow me to extend warmest congratulations on behalf of my delegation upon your election as Chairman of this important Committee.

Ms. FERNANDO (Sri Lanka) Mr. President, may I extend my congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the CD and assure you of the fullest cooperation of my delegation in your endeavours in your usual energetic manner to get the CD back to work?

Mrs. Laohaphan (Thailand) As I am taking the floor for the first time, allow me to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on having been elected to your important post.

Medvedev expressed his congratulations on the successful closing of the 19th CPC National Congress.

Congratulations, those seven and a half minutes are all yours. You totally earned them.

Mr. Bamba (Côte d'Ivoire) (spoke in French) On behalf of my delegation, I wish to express my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

Mr. Kapoma (Zambia) My delegation would like to offer you, Mr. Chairman, and the other members of the Bureau, our congratulations on your election to oversee the work of the First Committee.

Mr. Belinga Eboutou (Cameroon) (spoke in French) I am particularly pleased to express to you, Sir, Cameroon's heartfelt congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

It is further suggested that statements restrict formal acknowledgements, thanks and congratulations as much as possible.

Mr. Abdallah (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic) It is my distinct pleasure to express to you and to your friendly country, the Kingdom of Sweden, my most sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency at this sixtieth session of the General Assembly and to wish you every success in your mission.

I should like to join those who have expressed their congratulations to the Ibero American Youth Organization.

I also wish to extend warm congratulations to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on her victory in the presidential election.

Mr. Straw (United Kingdom) Let me begin, Sir, by paying tribute to your predecessor, Jean Ping, for his extraordinary work above all on the world summit, but also throughout his year as President and by offering my congratulations to you on beginning your year in office.

Mr. Johnston (United Kingdom) On behalf of my delegation, Sir, we extend our congratulations to Brazil on assuming the presidency and offer our best wishes and our full cooperation in your programme of work for this month.