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21.
At the request of the representative of Slovenia (on behalf of States members of the
European Union that are members of the Council), a roll-call vote was taken on the draft
resolution, which was adopted by 30 votes to 1, with 15 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
22.
In favour:
Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Djibouti,
Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius,
Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar,
Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka,
Uruguay, Zambia.
Against:
Canada.
Abstaining:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala,
Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia,
Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland.
Statements in explanation of vote after the vote were made by the representatives of
Ghana, Brazil, China and Switzerland.
23.
For the text of the resolution as adopted, see chapter I, resolution S-6/1.
III. Report to the General Assembly on the sixth special session
of the Human Rights Council
24.
At the 2nd meeting, on 24 January 2008, the draft report was adopted ad referendum and
the Rapporteur was entrusted with its finalization.
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