At the same time, we warmly congratulate Mr. Søren Jessen Petersen on his briefing.

We also warmly congratulate Mr. ElBaradei on his reappointment as IAEA Director General for another term.

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.

Mr. RIVASSEAU (France) (translated from French) Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you very warmly as you take the Chair.

Mr. Motoc (Romania) Allow me, at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you very warmly on your assumption of the presidency of the Council.

I would also like to congratulate warmly the Secretary General for his courageous initiatives to give our Organization new momentum and further the fundamental ideals and principles of the United Nations.

In that connection, I must warmly congratulate the Secretary General, for, with his characteristic intelligence, vision and courage, he has met an important expectation of Member States and of the international community.

We welcome Mexico as the one hundredth State party to the Rome Statute, and we warmly congratulate it, along with the Dominican Republic and Kenya, for joining the fight to end impunity.

President Pohamba I wish to congratulate you most warmly, Mr. President, on your unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session and to assure you of my delegation's full support.

I warmly welcome them.

In conclusion, I would point out that we warmly welcomed the statement made by the representative of China, and wish to congratulate his delegation in particular on the progress his country has made in the peaceful uses of outer space.

We warmly welcome this announcement.'

The family received me very warmly.

I would like to congratulate warmly the Secretary General for the dedicated manner in which he has undertaken the difficult task of reforming the United Nations so as to ensure that it will be able to address the challenges of the twenty first century.

They welcomed me warmly, so I felt at home.

The Committee also warmly welcomes the following positive developments

That was warmly greeted by the residents of Tokelau.

I should congratulate you.

CARICOM warmly welcomes Mexico's ratification of the Rome Statute on 31 October.

In that context, we warmly welcome the proposal to establish a peacebuilding commission.

We congratulate the proponents of those initiatives.

My delegation warmly congratulates you, Mr. Chairman, and the other members of the Bureau.

New Zealand warmly welcomes the renewal of the mandate for the Informal Consultative Process.

Please congratulate your children's team from my side.

You both won. I congratulate both of you.

Denmark was thus happy to sponsor the draft resolution and warmly welcomes its unanimous adoption.

As an alternative, UNICEF warmly supports the lead agency concept as noted above (paragraph 6).

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 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 should like to warmly welcome Mr. Aziz Pahad, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa.

The Trade and Development Board warmly welcomes the generous offer of Ghana to host UNCTAD XII in 2008.

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.

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

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

The members of the Council congratulate the Palestinian people on this election.

Allow me to congratulate you and the entire Bureau on your election.

We warmly welcome the accessions to the Honolulu Convention this year of the Philippines, Japan, Canada, Vanuatu and France.

We also like to congratulate him on his able leadership of the CTC.

We also congratulate Ambassador Wang Guangya for the successful Chinese presidency in April.

We can therefore understand why the world has responded so urgently and warmly to the victims of that unprecedented disaster.

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

In particular, we would like to congratulate the Afghan women who have been elected.

SCO members would like to congratulate the Afghan Government and people on those achievements.

We congratulate the Iraqis on their steady and courageous progress in their political transition.

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