I take this opportunity to extend to him our appreciation for the impressive leadership he is displaying at the helm of the CTC.

I also wish to extend our deepest appreciation to Secretary General Kofi Annan for his tireless efforts for the realization of this historic high level event.

We extend to you and to the other members of the Council our deep appreciation for selecting for public debate a subject that is closer to our heart than we can express.

We should all think that knowledge comes from our senses, so if we extend our senses, we will consequently extend our knowledge.

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.

Our branches extend all over the country.

We extend to him our best wishes.

We extend to your predecessor, Mr. Jean Ping of Gabon, our sincere appreciation for his stewardship of the fifty ninth session and for his tireless efforts to guide the preparation of the outcome document.

The Committee notes with appreciation the efforts undertaken by the State party to extend the coverage of the health and basic sanitation services.

On behalf of the members of the League of Arab States, I extend our sincere appreciation to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei for his important introduction today of the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on its activities this year.

On behalf of my country, allow me to take this opportunity to extend our sincere appreciation to the entire international community for the understanding and support it has extended to us in the formulation and consensus adoption of the resolution.

Of course, we know today that galaxies extend far beyond our own galaxy.

I also wish to extend our sincere thanks to the outgoing President, Mr. Ping.

We want to continue with this program and extend it to all our other schools.

We extend our condolences to the family of President Eyadema and to the Togolese people.

On the tragedy of New Orleans, we extend our deepest condolences to the American people.

The concept of MDG based national strategies merits our deep appreciation.

Our appreciation also goes to the countries that sponsored the draft resolution.

It is high time that we extend our gratitude for their contributions to peacekeeping and other areas.

Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic) I should like to extend to you, Sir, and to the members of the Security Council our sincere thanks and appreciation for your adoption of a presidential statement strongly condemning the terrorist attacks on innocent civilians yesterday in Amman.

Expresses its appreciation to all Member States which have made humanitarian assistance to the refugees and displaced persons and urges all the others to extend their contributions to these people.

We wish to express our deepest appreciation to our partners for their flexibility and understanding during the negotiating process.

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

We extend our gratitude for the comprehensive and in depth presentation he has just offered to the Council.

I would also like to extend my appreciation to KFOR, our partners within UNMIK the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and to the other organizations, agencies, contributors and donors for their commitment and valuable political and material support in implementing Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).

For our part, the Government and the people of Malaysia will continue to extend assistance, within our limited means and capacity, to the people of Palestine.

First, however, allow me, Madam President, to take this opportunity to extend the appreciation of my delegation for the convening of this meeting in connection with the subject of post conflict peacebuilding.

On behalf of the delegation of Nepal, I express our sincere appreciation to the Secretary General for his fifth comprehensive report on the subject, as well as our appreciation for the presentation today by Under Secretary General Jan Egeland.

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

In conclusion, allow me to extend my delegation's sincere appreciation to the German delegation, in particular to His Excellency Ambassador Pleuger for his tireless efforts in preparing the draft resolution on Afghanistan before us.

Our profound appreciation also goes to the outgoing President for the successful preparation of this summit.

I should like to record our appreciation to those countries for their support in this respect.

We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to the many troop contributors.

We extend our support to UNOCI and the Licorne forces in their efforts to provide security in support with the peace process, and concur with the Secretary General's recommendation to extend UNOCI's mandate for an additional 12 months.

It has helped us to extend our physical selves, go faster, hit things harder, and there's been a limit on that.

I would also like to extend our sympathy to the victims of other recent terrorist attacks wherever they have been committed.

We extend our condolences to the Governments of the countries and the families of the victims, and we express our sympathy and solidarity with the survivors of the disaster.

We also wish to extend our condolences to the family of the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, His Excellency Mr. Rafik Hariri.

The President We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Mr. ElBaradei and his organization on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005.

With regard to the concerns of our brothers in Lebanon, Kuwait continues to extend its full support for all their just demands.

I also would like to express our appreciation to UNESCO for its fine efforts aimed at safeguarding our cultural diversity and encouraging dialogue among civilizations.

We express appreciation for the cooperation and flexibility shown by our partners in the negotiation of the text.

Finally, we wish to express our great appreciation to the delegation of Germany for submitting the draft resolution.

We express our appreciation to and solidarity with the international community, Governments and relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction organizations.

Our appreciation also goes to Ms. Jennifer McIver from the Mission of New Zealand for her important contribution.