We applaud the well mannered box.

We applaud the greater pledges for increased aid.

We applaud Government measures adopted in that regard.

And I applaud that. I loudly applaud that.

We applaud in this connection the role of UNESCO.

We applaud the IAEA for those and numerous other achievements.

We applaud the efforts led by Italy in that regard.

We applaud the multitude of grass roots initiatives blossoming at mid decade.

I really applaud the SETI efforts, but we have not heard anything yet.

People applaud in delight.

They even applaud it.

All the students applaud.

I applaud those initiatives.

We applaud the Secretary General's proposal contained in his recent report on the situation in Sierra Leone.

My fault. Don't applaud, this was clubs.

They don't know who we are and they don't care. And if they did they probably wouldn't applaud.

We applaud the proposal to withdraw the draft resolution on the situation of, and assistance to, Palestinian children.

We applaud the leadership role taken by the Governments of the affected countries with regard to recovery and reconstruction.

We applaud initial efforts in that area and believe that, together, we can enhance the international response to meet needs in those critical sectors.

The whole audience got up and started to applaud.

We share the expressed view that development, human rights, and peace and security are dependent on one another, and we applaud initiatives taken in those areas.

We also applaud countries that have taken steps to reach the 0.7 per cent United Nations target for official development assistance (ODA).

We welcome the outcome document (resolution 60 1) of last week's summit and applaud the negotiations that led to its adoption by consensus.

We applaud the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for moving in that direction, and we welcome its measures to enhance the transparency of the distribution process for tsunami funds.

I applaud the efforts made so far in the run up to this summit.

Also, I applaud our readiness to address deficiencies in the management of this Organization.

We applaud those countries that have voluntarily met these targets and call upon those which have yet to do so to exert more effort in this regard.

We also applaud those developed country partners that have achieved the official development assistance donor targets and those that continue to seek innovative means to supplement development financing shortfalls.

We applaud the efforts of the Court to continuously consult with civil society and other experts on issues related to the participation of victims in the proceedings before the Court.

We applaud the leading role of the affected countries in addressing this disaster, and we recognize the role of the United Nations in assisting the affected countries' coordination of international assistance in the emergency relief phase.

We applaud the proposal put forward by Mr. Jan Egeland, Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for renaming the upgraded Fund as the Central Emergency Response Fund.

Here, we applaud the Government of the United Kingdom for spearheading the International Finance Facility to support immediate front loading of ODA to achieve 0.7 per cent no later than 2015.

We welcome the information on implementation provided by nuclear weapon States in their statements and applaud Russia and China for conveying this in the form of a report to the Conference.

We applaud the international community for taking on opportunities presented by all these activities to stress that actions should not be taken that would lead to the weaponization of outer space.

We applaud the Agency's continued fulfilment of this role as a catalyst for development of nuclear technology by the developing countries and as an agent for maintaining the safe use of nuclear energy.

We therefore applaud the Court's initiative in developing the so called case matrix, which, among other services, provides on line commentaries on how to define and prove the offences under the Rome Statute.

While we applaud their achievements, Malaysia recognizes the urgent need to tackle the remaining challenges, including security, narcotics, strengthening the rule of law and justice sector reform, human rights and economic and social developments.

We have to define the sustainability of growth in ways that create an attractive narrative for our citizens. At the moment, people applaud sustainable growth, but they don t vote for what it means in practice.

We recognize and applaud the fact that WTO has recognized the need to address the capacity constraints of African countries and has committed itself to providing enhanced technical and capacity building assistance to African countries.

We applaud the progress being made in reducing deployed strategic warheads under the Moscow Treaty and the provision of more specific information on the number of United States warheads reduced since the Treaty was signed.

We applaud the constructive work undertaken by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in this regard and would urge the other nuclear weapon States to devote similar attention and resources to this problem.

We also applaud the leaders of Africa for their continuing commitment and steadfast determination to take bold steps in promoting sustainable economic growth and social development, reducing poverty, and achieving food security and political stability in their respective countries.

We applaud the efforts to improve the Central Emergency Revolving Fund to strengthen the effectiveness of the United Nations humanitarian responses, as well as the mechanisms for the use of emergency stand by capacity for a timely response to humanitarian emergencies.

I therefore applaud you, Madam President, and the rest of the Council for taking this decisive action today, for you have brought us that much closer to removing this dreadful stain on the reputation of the United Nations generally and on United Nations peacekeeping in particular.

We applaud the Secretary General for his leadership of the Organization, his dedication to its principles and objectives and his courageous efforts to defend its integrity and to enhance its efficiency and its capacity to meet the needs and challenges of the new century.