A/HRC/13/56 Republic of Macedonia and Turkey), Sudan2 (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), United States of America; (c) Representatives of the following observer States: Algeria, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen; (d) Observer for an intergovernmental organization: League of Arab States; (e) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights (also on behalf of the Palestine Centre for Human Rights and the Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Charitable Institute for Protecting Social Victims, Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches, European Union of Jewish Students, General Arab Women Federation, Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Institute for Women’s Studies and Research, Nord-Sud XXI, Organization for Defending Victims of Violence, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Union de l’action feminine, Union of Arab Jurists, World Union for Progressive Judaism. 792. At the 35th meeting, on 22 March 2010, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the representatives of Algeria, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Lebanon and Palestine. C. Consideration of and action on draft proposals Human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Golan 793. At the 41st meeting, on 24 March 2010, the representative of Pakistan (on behalf of the Group of Arab States and the Organization of the Islamic Conference) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/13/L.2, sponsored by the Syrian Arab Republic and co-sponsored by Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), the Sudan (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Zimbabwe. Subsequently, Belarus, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Egypt and Nicaragua joined the co-sponsors. 794. At the same meeting, the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic made a statement as a concerned country. 795. At the same meeting, statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of France (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council). 796. Also at the same meeting, at the request of the representative of France (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council), a recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution. The draft resolution was adopted, by 31 votes to 1, with 15 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Uruguay, Zambia; Against: United States of America; 197