| To end, Mr. President, I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to their Excellencies the Ministers who have honoured this meeting with their presence. |
| Please, Your Excellencies, consider my case with justice and intervene on my behalf. |
| Mr President and Madam Chairperson, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, let me now comment on specific areas which were highlighted during the general debate. |
| The Vanier Institute of the Family was established in 1965 under the patronage of Their Excellencies Governor General Georges P. Vanier and Madame Pauline Vanier. |
| Your Excellencies, let me express at the very outset my heartfelt thanks to Mr Pöttering for his kind words of welcome. |
| Their Excellencies, who in this way enhance the opening ceremony of the 2008 session, undoubtedly give a new dimension to our efforts aimed at achieving substantive results this year. |
