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C. General debate on agenda item 10
435. At the 37th meeting, on 26 March 2008, the Council held a general debate on item 10,
during which the following made statements:
(a) Representative of a State member of the Council: Slovenia (on behalf of the
European Union, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
and Ukraine);
(b)
Observers for the following States: New Zealand, Norway, Sweden;
(c) Observer for a non-governmental organization: Comisión Jurídica Para el
Autodesarollo de Los Pueblos Originarios Andinos (CAPAJ).
436. At the same meeting, on 26 March 2008, a statement in exercise of the right of reply was
made by the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
D. Consideration and action on draft proposals
Technical cooperation and advisory services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
437. At the 40th meeting, on 27 March 2008, the representative of Egypt (on behalf of the
Group of African States) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.13, sponsored by Egypt
(on behalf of the Group of African States).
438. At the same meeting, the representative of Egypt orally revised the draft resolution by
modifying the third, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth preambular paragraphs and operative
paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 8, deleting operative paragraph 2 and replacing it with a new operative
paragraph 2, and inserting a new paragraph after operative paragraph 6.
439. Statements in connection with the draft resolution were made by the representatives of
Canada, Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union) and Switzerland.
440. The observer for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the concerned country, made a
statement in relation to the draft resolution.
441. The draft resolution as orally revised was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted,
see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/20).
Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights
442. At the 42nd meeting, on 28 March 2008, the representative of Egypt (on behalf of the
Group of African States) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.19, sponsored by Egypt
(on behalf of the African Group). Subsequently, Austria, Canada, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus,
the Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia,
Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and
the United States of America joined the sponsors.
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