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I join the American people in expressing our sincere condolences for the loss of life and devastation wrought by today’s earthquake in Sichuan Province.

Expresses full solidarity and sympathy with the people of Pakistan affected by the floods

Government and the people of Djibouti, to express our heartfelt sorrow and profound condolences to the bereaved families and to the Government and the people of the Philippines for the torrential rains and heavy flooding that caused havoc and unprecedented disruption of lives and destroyed infrastructure.

[...] [...] difficulties, of solicitude for the future [...]

[...] [...] behalf of the American people.

Expressing sincere condolences and deep sympathy [...] [...]

He expressed his sorrow at the tragic loss of life that resulted from the earthquake and conveyed his deepest condolences to the Government and people of Haiti during these extremely challenging times.

On 27 December, the members of the Council in a statement to the press condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks that had occurred in Madalla, Jos and Damaturu, Nigeria, on 25 December, causing numerous deaths and injuries, and expressed their deep sympathy and condolences to the victims of those heinous crimes and their families, and to the people and Government of Nigeria.

Allow me to join my colleagues in extending my condolences to the Government and people of Turkey on the victims of yesterday’s earthquake, and to the Government and people of Saudi Arabia on the passing away of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.

The Security Council deplores the loss of life and injuries and expresses its deep sympathy and condolences to the victims and their families and to the people and Government of the ROK, and calls for appropriate and peaceful measures to be taken against those responsible for the incident aimed at the peaceful settlement of the issue in accordance with the UN Charter and all other relevant provisions of international law.

All delegations expressed solidarity with the people of Haiti and conveyed condolences to the United Nations family for the loss of colleagues.

Expression of sympathy in connection with the terrorist attacks in the Russian Federation The Chairman( spoke in French ): I would like at the outset to present my most sincere condolences to the Government and the people of the Russian Federation on the occasion of the terrorist attacks that occurred in Moscow yesterday, which took the lives of approximately 40 people and wounded dozens more.

In that connection, it condemned all attacks on AMISOM personnel and, in particular, expressed its condolences over the attacks of 17 September 2009.

On the day after the disaster the independent expert sent a letter of sympathy and condolences to President René Préval and to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in which he associated himself fully with the pain and suffering of all the families, both Haitian and families of international personnel, which had lost dear ones or friends.

Secondly, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to Nigerian Ambassador Ogwu, representing the African Group, for her words of condolence, sympathy and support for the people and Government of Japan in response to the Pacific Ocean earthquake.

In conclusion, paying homage to the brave men and women who had died in that noble cause, and condoling with their families, he reaffirmed Pakistan’s strong commitment to United Nations peacekeeping activity.

The independent expert wishes to express his sincerest condolences, sympathy and gratitude to the Haitians and the United Nations staff members with whom he has worked.

The Executive Director, on behalf of the entire UNFPA, expressed solidarity, compassion and sympathy for the people and Government of Haiti and others affected by the devastating earthquake.

Mr. Khvostov (Belarus): Mr. President, first, the Group of Eastern European States joins you in expressing its most sincere condolences and deep sympathy to the people of Haiti with regard to the devastating earthquake causing severe consequences with a shocking number of victims among the civilian population and United Nations personnel.