A/HRC/13/56
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay,
Zambia;
Abstaining:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cameroon, Ghana, India, Japan,
Madagascar, Mauritius.
836.
For the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 13/16.
837. At the 45th meeting, on 26 March 2010, statements in explanation of vote after the
vote were made by the representatives of Cameroon and Nigeria.
838. At the same meeting, the representative of Switzerland made comments in relation
to the resolution.
Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards
839. At the 43rd meeting, on 25 March 2010, the representative of the United States of
America made a statement withdrawing draft resolution A/HRC/13/L.3.
840. At the same meeting, the President announced that draft resolution A/HRC/13/L.3
had been withdrawn.
Elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
841. At the 43rd meeting, the representative of Nigeria (on behalf of the Group of African
States) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/13/L.9, sponsored by Nigeria (on behalf of the
Group of African States). Subsequently, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) joined the cosponsors.
842. At the same meeting, the representative of Nigeria orally revised the draft resolution
by amending its second preambular paragraph and paragraphs 1 and 2.
843. Also at the same meeting, the representative of Argentina (also on behalf of Brazil,
Chile, Mexico and Uruguay), France (on behalf of States members of the European Union
that are members of the Council), Japan, Pakistan and the United States of America made
general comments in relation to the draft resolution.
844. At the same meeting, the draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a
vote.
845.
For the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 13/18.
846. At the 45th meeting, on 26 March 2010, the representative of Algeria made
comments in relation to the resolution.
A world of sports free from racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance
847. At the 45th meeting, on 26 March 2010, the representative of Nigeria (on behalf of
the Group of African States) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/13/L.26, sponsored by
Brazil and Nigeria (on behalf of the Group of African States) and co-sponsored by
Argentina, Belarus, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Russian Federation, Serbia,
Singapore, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). Subsequently, Andorra,
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Canada, China,
Croatia, Denmark, France, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland,
Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco,
Montenegro, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
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