I'm glad. Please accept my warmest congratulations.

My dear friend, allow me to offer my warmest congratulations.

To the new Secretary General of the Organization, Mr. Kofi Annan, I would like to express my fraternal and warmest congratulations.

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

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

Mr. President, I wish to extend the warmest congratulations of my delegation to you on your assumption of the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament.

Mr. Than (Myanmar) It gives me great pleasure to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your unanimous election as the Chairman of the First Committee.

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.

My congratulations!

My congratulations!

My congratulations!

Medvedev conveyed Russian President Vladimir Putin's cordial greetings and best wishes to President Xi Jinping, and expressed his warmest congratulations on

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.

My congratulations, sir.

My congratulations, sir.

Congratulations my King.

Ms. Vakatale (Fiji) My country and my delegation wish to take this opportunity to extend to Mr. Didier Opertti our warmest congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty third session.

Mr. Wangchuk (Bhutan) Allow me to begin by extending my delegation's warmest congratulations to the President upon his assumption of the office of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

At the outset, I wish to extend our warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your unanimous election as Chairman of the First Committee.

That's wonderful. My congratulations.

My congratulations. Thank you.

My heartiest congratulations, Carlos.

Mr. Siazon (Philippines) I am pleased, on behalf of my delegation, to extend to Mr. Opertti our warmest congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty third session.

Mr. Moussa (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic) Mr. President, to you and your friendly country, I am pleased to extend my warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly.

On the occasion of Africa Day, a major political event for the whole continent, I send my warmest and most sincere congratulations to the Heads of State and Government and to the peoples of Africa.

May I offer my congratulations?

Congratulations, my dear. Thank you.

Mr. Soutar (United Kingdom) I wish to extend to you, Sir, my warmest congratulations on your election to the high office of Chairman of this Committee and wish you every success in the discharge of your responsibilities.

President Kumaratunga I extend to you, Sir, our warmest congratulations as you assume the high office of the President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah My warmest greetings go to all my friends and colleagues.

Mr. Kontchou Kouomegni (Cameroon) (interpretation from French) Allow me first of all, Sir, to convey, on behalf of my delegation, my warmest and most heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Opertti on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty third session.

I'd like to offer you my apologies and my congratulations.

Mr. Cruickshank (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) On behalf of the delegation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, I extend my warmest congratulations to Mr. Didier Opertti on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty third session.

President Halonen My congratulations to the Co Chairpersons.

Mr. Amorim (Brazil) (spoke in Portuguese English text provided by the delegation) I should like to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, Ambassador Jan Eliasson of Sweden, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

Mr. Kébé (Organization of African Unity) (interpretation from French) Allow me first of all to extend to the President, on behalf of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), my warmest and most heartfelt congratulations on his accession to the presidency of the Assembly.

Allow me, on behalf of all the member States and observer States of the SCO, to extend our warmest congratulations on the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.

Please accept my sincere congratulations on your success today.

May I be the first to offer my congratulations.

These are my congratulations, brief though they may be.

Ms. Sarne (Philippines) On behalf of my delegation, I wish to extend my warmest congratulations to Judge Fausto Pocar on his election to the presidency of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and to wish him success in his term and in his future endeavours with the Tribunal.

Mr. Hashim (Brunei Darussalam) On behalf of the Brunei delegation, please accept our warmest congratulations, Sir, on becoming Chairman of this Committee. Our congratulations also go to the other members of the Bureau. I assure you that my delegation will give you their full support and cooperation. We would like to acknowledge the important achievements made on general disarmament in the past year.

I wish Ambassador Joseph Ayologu of Nigeria my full support and warmest greetings for his presidency.

I also extend my warmest congratulations to your predecessor, Mr. Jean Ping, Minister of State and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the sisterly Republic of Gabon, on the commitment and skill he demonstrated during his presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty ninth session.

Mr. Thapa (Nepal) First of all, on behalf of the Government and people of Nepal and on my own behalf, I should like to extend to you, Sir, our warmest congratulations on your election as President of the fifty second session of the General Assembly.