A/HRC/7/78 page 159 Situation of human rights in the Sudan 337. At the 40th meeting, on 27 March 2008, the representative of Egypt (on behalf of States members of the Group of African States that are members of the Council) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.38, sponsored by Egypt (on behalf of the Group of African States that are members of the Council) and Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union). Subsequently, Croatia, Japan, Moldova, Monaco, the Republic of Korea, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey joined the sponsors. 338. Statements in connection with the draft resolution were made by the representatives of Canada, Pakistan (on behalf of States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference that are members of the Council), Slovenia (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 339. The observer for the Sudan, as the concerned country, made a statement in relation to the draft resolution. 340. The draft resolution was adopted without a vote. 341. At the 43rd meeting, on 1 April 2008, general comments in connection with the adoption of the resolution were made by the representatives of Australia, the Sudan and the United States of America (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/16). Situation of human rights in Myanmar 342. At the 42nd meeting, on 28 March 2008, the representative of Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.36, sponsored by Slovenia and co-sponsored by Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. Subsequently, Australia, Iceland, Moldova, Panama, Peru and the Republic of Korea joined the sponsors. 343. At the same meeting, the representative of Slovenia (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council) orally revised the draft resolution by modifying the second, third and fifth preambular paragraphs and operative paragraphs 1, 2, 3 (a), (c) and (e), and by deleting the sixth preambular paragraph and incorporating the text into the fifth preambular paragraph. 344. Statements in connection with the draft resolution were made by the representatives of Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Russian Federation and Sri Lanka. 345. The observer for Myanmar, as the concerned country, made a statement in relation to the draft resolution.