I should congratulate you.

You both won. I congratulate both of you.

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.

I congratulate the candidates on conducting their campaigns in a peaceful manner.

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

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

I am encouraged by this development and congratulate the parties on achieving this milestone.

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.

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

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

I would like first to congratulate Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel on his very insightful and straightforward statement.

I also take this opportunity to congratulate Judge Pocar on his recent assumption of that important post.

I also wish to congratulate your predecessor, who guided our work admirably during the fifty ninth session.

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

I wish to congratulate the Co Chairpersons, on their election to preside over this historic and important meeting.

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

And I can remember, actually, when I got the phone call to congratulate us, to say the movie was a go, I actually threw up.

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

President Duarte Frutos (spoke in Spanish) At the outset, I congratulate the Co Chairpersons on their well deserved election.

I would also like to congratulate the Secretary General for his comprehensive report contained in document A 60 61.

We congratulate the proponents of those initiatives.

I especially congratulate Judge Fausto Pocar on his appointment as President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

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

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.

I congratulate all humanitarian organizations involved in this major achievement in assisting the return of refugees and internally displaced persons.

I congratulate the International Atomic Energy Agency and its Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei, on having won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Please congratulate your children's team from my side.

Ms. Onubogu I would like to congratulate the delegation of Romania on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council.

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

The President I congratulate the States that have been elected members of the Security Council, and I thank the tellers for their assistance in the election.

I should like to congratulate him and to wish him every success in the high office to which he has been elected.

Allow me also to congratulate our Co Chairpersons for their effective leadership of this meeting, which I am confident, will be successful.

I should like, at this largest ever assembly of world leaders, to congratulate Mr. Eliasson on his election to his high office.

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

Mr. Duarte (Brazil) I should like to congratulate the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Philippe Kirsch, on his report.

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.

On behalf of my delegation, I wish to congratulate Mr. Eliasson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

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

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

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

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.