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Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,
Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation,
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland,
Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay,
Zambia;
Against:
Canada.
380. At the 43rd meeting, on 1 April 2008, a general comment was made by the representative
of the United States of America on the resolutions under item 7 (for the text as adopted, see
part one, chapter I, resolution 7/18).
Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan
381. At the 41st meeting, on 28 March 2008, the representative of Pakistan (on behalf
of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.2,
sponsored by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) and Palestine3
(on behalf of the Group of Arab States), and co-sponsored by Belarus, Cuba, the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho and Zimbabwe.
Subsequently, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors.
382. At the same meeting, the representative of Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization
of the Islamic Conference) orally revised the draft resolution by modifying operative
paragraph 5.
383. The observers for Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic, as the concerned countries, made
statements in relation to the draft resolution.
384. Statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of
Canada and Slovenia (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of
the Council).
385. At the request of the representative of Slovenia, a recorded vote was taken on the draft
resolution. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted, by 32 votes to 1, with
14 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Djibouti,
Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, 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, Guatemala, Italy,
Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland,
Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
386. At the 42nd meeting, on 28 March 2008, a statement in explanation of vote after the vote
was made by Canada (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/30).
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