Mine was 10 words. The one of condolence.

We also thank you for your expressions of condolence and sympathy with the families of the victims, the people and Government of my country.

On behalf of Africa and on my own behalf, I wish to convey a deep message of condolence to all Catholics across the world.

I will certainly convey these words of condolence from all the members of the CD to the people and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia.

On the same day, the two Special Rapporteurs addressed a letter of condolence to the President of ICRC expressing their deep sympathy with the families of the three delegates.

I would also like to take this opportunity to convey my delegation apos s deep condolence to the Chinese delegation on the great loss of their prominent leader, Deng Xiaoping.

This is another condolence and care activity after the fund association releases the call for finding bereaved children and lonely old men causued by the flood disaster in July 19, 2016 .

I should like to express my thanks and appreciation to the General Assembly for the expressions of solidarity and condolence following the death of Ambassador Sami Kronfol, Permanent Representative of Lebanon.

Let me finish, Mr. President, by reiterating to you my gratitude for your kind expressions of condolence and for those of the delegations that have been good enough to do likewise.

The Chairman made a statement in expression of condolence to the Governments and peoples of Pakistan, India, Guatemala and El Salvador, with regard to the natural disasters that had occurred in those countries.

On this sad occasion, we share the deep sense of loss of all our Catholic brothers and sisters and express once again our sincere feelings of condolence and sympathy to the whole Christian world.

Mr. SKOTNIKOV (Russian Federation) (translated from Russian) Mr. President, first of all I would like to associate myself with the words of condolence that you expressed concerning the victims of the tsunami and the affected countries.

Mr. Mackay (New Zealand) May I associate New Zealand with the expressions of condolence that have been made on the passing away of His Holiness Pope John Paul II and His Serene Highness, sovereign Prince Rainier III of Monaco.

On the day of the murder, the Cambodia Office of the Centre for Human Rights sent a letter of condolence to the spouse of the victim and expressed the hope that the murderer would be found and brought to justice.

Mr. Beck (Solomon Islands) First, Palau wishes to associate itself with the expressions of condolence, sympathy and sadness for the loss to the world of His Holiness Pope John Paul II and His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III of the Principality of Monaco.

Mr. Denisov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian) At the outset, allow me, on behalf of my delegation, to echo previous speakers' words of condolence on the passing of the head of the Catholic Church and of the head of the Government of Monaco.

For example, the Iroquois tell the story of a great warrior and skilled orator named Hiawatha, who, traveling with the mystic Deganawidah, negotiated the treaties that established their confederation. He advocated new condolence ceremonies to commemorate lost warriors and to replace wars of vengeance.

Mr. Dolgov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian) At the outset, I should like to associate myself with the words of condolence addressed to the Government and the people of Bangladesh following the death of peacekeepers from that country in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

My delegation shares in the expressions of deep condolence and sympathy conveyed to all victims, their families and the peoples of Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, who suffered huge losses of life and property due to the massive earthquake that occurred in South Asia last month.

First of all, we wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the President of the General Assembly, to the Secretary General and to all Member States for their sincere expressions of condolence and their sympathy upon the cruel loss that struck the Togolese people with the passing of President Eyadema on 5 February 2005.

26. Mr. AL KIDWA (Observer for Palestine) welcomed the new member of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, the Ambassador of Turkey, whom he thanked for his message of condolence addressed to the families of the victims of the tragic events which had taken place the day before.

I should like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the Chinese delegation, to express our heartfelt thanks to you, Mr. President, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand, to the First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland and to my other colleagues for their words of condolence on the passing away of Mr. Deng Xiaoping.

Mr. Filippi Balestra (San Marino) With reference to the dramatic and barbaric terrorist act perpetrated in London, I would like, on behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of San Marino, to reiterate our strong condemnation of any act of terrorism and to express our sentiments of deepest condolence to the Government of the United Kingdom and the families of the victims.