Oh, metabolism.

No, I have a metabolism thing, and I...

Helen, remember the sipping, your metabolism.

Mine's fine, thanks.

Sure Mrs Palmer .. thanks.

Thank you, ladies. That's all.

Thank you. Is it alright for you to be out of bed?

The PRESIDENT (translated from Russian) I thank the distinguished representative of Iran for his clarifications and his question.

The PRESIDENT Thank you very much for your question.

Thank you, Your Honor. The People rest.

FS Oh, the format thank you for the question. Yes, it's VCDs.

No! At all. Thank you very much.

The representative of the United States thanked the observer of Jamaica and others for raising the issue.

If there's the slightest trouble, just knock on my wall. Oh, thank you, Mr.

The PRESIDENT (translated from Russian) I thank the distinguished representative of Cuba for his statement and the question he asked.

Thank you so much. Is something the matter?

Okay, we'll stop someplace.

My delegation also wishes to thank the Secretary General for his report on small arms.

We need more patient problem solvers. Thank you.

We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Timor Leste, Mr. Hasegawa, for his comprehensive briefing.

Thank you very much for doing so.

A special word of appreciation goes to the delegation of Japan for its work on the presidential statement and for its overall engagement in support of our debate today.

We appreciate its participation in the debate and its guidance on this important issue.

Finally, I would like to thank the Romanian delegation for the draft resolution proposed on this issue, which my delegation is prepared to support.

It had some prominence in the interventions of some speakers this morning, and I thank those who have drawn attention to the issue.

The Committee thanks the delegation for its frank and detailed replies to the numerous questions asked.

In that connection, we would like to thank the delegation of Denmark for holding an Arria Formula meeting on this issue.

32. The representative of the United States thanked the Chairman for the accurate summation of where the Committee stood regarding the issue of its expansion.

The Permanent Representative of Cuba expressed gratitude for the efforts of the United States Mission to resolve the problems associated with the granting of visas to Cuban officials throughout 2005.

So if we get that through, then Mark will solve these problems. Thanks Chris.

224. The Committee appreciates the efforts made to respond to the questions posed by the experts during the oral presentation.

I thank the representative of the United States for his questions regarding the relationship between the United Nations and the OSCE I have tried to respond partially to them.

That's a very interesting question which I don't propose to answer now.

Tell me of any problems so we can correct it before it becomes a fault.

Thank you, grodek.

We thank the Security Council for allowing my delegation to address it concerning the important issue of children and armed conflict.

Ms. BUERGO RODRÍGUEZ (Cuba) thanked the Chairman for his handling of the debate on a matter to which the Cuban delegation attached great importance.

369. The Committee expresses its thanks for the Mexican Government s exhaustive and specific replies to all the questions asked and for the updated information provided in the statement of the representative of the Government of Mexico.

Delighted, sir. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen,

This is why, on behalf of all of you, I would like solemnly to pay homage tonight to President Thabo Mbeki, who listened to everyone in order to understand and help us to understand.

What's code, what's hardware?

The Committee appreciates the constructive dialogue established with a high level representative delegation and thanks it for the frank and direct answers provided to the questions posed by the Committee.

The representative of Benin, speaking on behalf of the least developed countries, expressed satisfaction with the work of the Commissions and welcomed the attention given to the concerns of LDCs.

And I'm sure you have lots of questions, which I very much look forward to addressing over the next 72 hours, while I'm here. Thank you.

My thanks go also to the Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women.