We congratulate the proponents of those initiatives.

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.

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.

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

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

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

We congratulate Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and the members of his Cabinet on their appointment.

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

At the same time, we congratulate and thank those countries that have already achieved that target.

Mr. Smith (Belize) We congratulate the President of the General Assembly on the assumption of his office.

We congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the Disarmament Commission at its 2005 session.

Mr. Sen (India) We congratulate you, Mr. President, on convening these historic plenary meetings under agenda item 53.

Here, we congratulate Prime Minister Sharon and the Israeli Knesset on their continued firm position in that regard.

We would like to congratulate Benin once again on its assuming the presidency of the Council for this month.

We wish to congratulate the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children in Armed Conflict for his briefing.

We congratulate the Emergency Relief Coordinator and the Inter Agency Standing Committee on their efforts to advance the cluster approach.

Mr. Hannesson (Iceland) Mr. President, we congratulate you on your election and wish you well in the important work ahead.

We congratulate the newly elected judges to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and its new President.

We also congratulate Denmark on its exemplary handling of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May.

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You both won. I congratulate both of you.

We congratulate Ambassador Mayoral on his first visit to selected countries, a visit in which my delegation played an active part.

We congratulate the Secretary General for his bold report concerning the improvement of the Central Emergency Revolving Fund (CERF) (A 60 87).

At the outset, we wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

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.

May we also thank the Permanent Representative of Benin and his delegation and congratulate them on their outstanding efforts during the month of February.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Agency and its Director General on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005.

Moreover, we congratulate Mr. Richard Barrett and the Monitoring Team, as well as the Secretariat members, for the assistance they provide to the Committee.

President Uribe Vélez (spoke in Spanish) We congratulate you, Sir, on your election and wish you every possible success in the ongoing reform process.

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.

We congratulate the Group of Eight for the commitment adopted at the Gleneagles Summit, giving much needed debt relief to 18 heavily indebted poor countries.

We also congratulate all IAEA officials for that award, since the honour bestowed on Mr. ElBaradei is, indeed, an honour for all of them, too.

We congratulate the brave Iraqi people and wish them all the best as they prepare to vote again for a permanent Government on 15 December.

We congratulate the President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Philippe Kirsch, for his elaborate report (A 60 177) on the activities of the Court.

We congratulate the Court on the progress that has been made to date as well as on the establishment of a Trust Fund for victims.

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.

Mr. Namaliu (Papua New Guinea) Mr. President, we congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the sixtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly.

My delegation does not believe that we should congratulate ourselves on the outcome of this meeting, and much less on the content of the outcome document.

We decide to establish the Ibero American Secretariat (SEGIB) as a permanent organ to support the institutionalization of the Ibero American Conference, and we congratulate its first Secretary General, Enrique V. Iglesias.