Mr. President, I wish to extend the warmest congratulations of my delegation to you on your assumption of the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament.

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

I therefore congratulate you very warmly and offer you my best wishes for success.

I would like, first of all, to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the important position of Chairman.

sent congratulatory messages to the General Assembly, CPC Central Committee, and newly elected leaders, expressing warm congratulations and best wishes.

Mr. NGENO (Kenya) expressed his sincere congratulations to Mr. Yumkella.

At the outset, I wish to extend our warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your unanimous election as Chairman of the First Committee.

To the new Secretary General of the Organization, Mr. Kofi Annan, I would like to express my fraternal and warmest congratulations.

Mr. Moussa (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic) Mr. President, to you and your friendly country, I am pleased to extend my warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly.

On behalf of my delegation, I most warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Chairman of the First Committee.

Mr. HOFFMANN (Germany) I would like to congratulate you most sincerely, Sir, upon your assumption of the responsible task of being this year apos s first President.

I wish to say, warm affection.

It is also a particular pleasure to address the Assembly today under the presidency of Mr. Jan Eliasson of Sweden, to whom I offer my warm congratulations on his election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

Berlin 'Our most heartfelt congratulations.'

Mr. Siazon (Philippines) I am pleased to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation, our most sincere felicitations on your election to the presidency of the fifty second session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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

the successful closing of the 19th CPC National Congress and Xi Jinping s re election as the General Secretary the CPC Central Committee.

Brazilian President Ditmeyer said in greetings , I would like to extend my warm congratulations on your re election as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and wish you much success in your new term.

Extends its warmest good wishes to Mark Malloch Brown for success in his new position as Chief of Staff to the Secretary General.

Thus, I should like to congratulate you most warmly on behalf of my delegation and assure you of Gabon's support throughout your term.

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

A toast to Johnny, no?

Greetings, brother.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

My congratulations, sir.

Congratulations.

Yeah, congratulations.

Congratulations.

You're so lucky.

I send sincere greetings to the first session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Ms. ANDERSON (Ireland) At the outset, Mr. President, let me express warm congratulations and good wishes to you, also convey our thanks to Ambassador Sun and, of course, join in the condolences which have been expressed to the Chinese delegation.

Mr. De Gucht (Belgium) (spoke in French) Allow me to congratulate you most warmly, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly.

The Security Council congratulates the people of Afghanistan on the confirmation of the final results of the parliamentary and provincial council elections.

I also wish to extend warm congratulations to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on her victory in the presidential election.

Congratulations. Mazel tov.

Finally, I wish all of you a very enjoyable weekend.

Congratulations, Johnny.

Greetings, Your Highness.

Congratulations, yourself.

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

I should sincerely like to express my warmest and best wishes to the new President of the CD, the distinguished Ambassador of Senegal, Mrs. Diallo.

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.

I'm glad. Please accept my warmest congratulations.