A/HRC/7/78 page 142 China, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mozambique, Pakistan, the Sudan, Togo, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam and Zimbabwe joined the sponsors. 218. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the attention of the Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and programme budget implications of the draft resolution (see annex II). 219. Statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of Slovenia (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council) and Sri Lanka. 220. At the request of the representative of Slovenia (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council), a recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution. The draft resolution was adopted, by 34 votes to 13, with no abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, 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: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 221. For the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/4. Mandate of the independent expert on human rights and international solidarity 222. At the 39th meeting, on 27 March 2008, the representative of Cuba introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.12, sponsored by Cuba and co-sponsored by Belarus, Bolivia, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Nicaragua, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Uruguay and Zimbabwe. Subsequently, Bangladesh, China and Ecuador joined the sponsors. 223. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the attention of the Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and programme budget implications of the draft resolution (see annex II). 224. A statement in explanation of vote before the vote was made by the representative of Sri Lanka. 225. At the request of the representative of Slovenia (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council), a recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution. The draft resolution was adopted, by 34 votes to 13, with no abstentions. The voting was as follows: