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Zealand, and co-sponsored by Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece,
Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, the
Marshall Islands, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Paraguay, Peru,
the Philippines, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey,
Ukraine and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Subsequently,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Czechia, El Salvador, Fiji, France
Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malta, Nepal, Norway, Panama,
Poland, the Republic of Korea, Romania, San Marino and Uruguay joined the sponsors.
271. At the same meeting, the representative of the Philippines made a general comment
on the draft resolution.
272. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the
attention of the Human Rights Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and
programme budget implications of the draft resolution.
273. At the same meeting, the representative of Senegal made a statement in explanation
of vote before the vote. In its statement, the representative of Senegal disassociated the
Member State from the consensus on the fourteenth and fifteenth preambular paragraphs and
on paragraphs four and six of the draft resolution.
274. At the same meeting, the Human Rights Council adopted the draft resolution without
a vote (resolution 43/23).
Prevention of genocide
275. At the 46th meeting, on 22 June 2020, the representative of Armenia introduced draft
resolution A/HRC/43/L.26, sponsored by Armenia, and co-sponsored by Austria, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine and Uruguay. Subsequently, Albania, Argentina, Australia,
Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Canada, Costa Rica, Czechia, Denmark, the
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, Montenegro,
Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Sierra Leone, South
Sudan, Spain, Switzerland, Timor-Leste, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and the State of Palestine joined the sponsors.
276.
At the same meeting, the representative of Armenia orally revised the draft resolution.
277. Also at the same meeting, the President of the Council announced that amendments
A/HRC/43/L.43, A/HRC/43/L.44, A/HRC/43/L.45, A/HRC/43/L.46 and A/HRC/43/L.47 to
draft resolution A/HRC/43/L.26 as orally revised had been withdrawn by the sponsor.
278. At the same meeting, the representatives of Afghanistan, Czechia (on behalf of States
members of the European Union that are members of the Human Rights Council), Libya,
Pakistan, Qatar and Somalia made general comments on the draft resolution as orally revised.
279. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the
attention of the Human Rights Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and
programme budget implications of the draft resolution as orally revised.
280. At the same meeting, the Human Rights Council adopted the draft resolution as orally
revised without a vote (resolution 43/29).
281. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of Cameroon, India and Nepal made
general comments and statements in explanation of vote after the vote on all the resolutions
adopted under agenda item 3.
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