A/HRC/13/56 56. At the 9th meeting, on 5 March 2010, the High Commissioner answered questions and made her concluding remarks. B. Reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General 57. At the 9th meeting, on 5 March 2010, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights presented thematic reports prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Secretary-General. 58. During the ensuing general debate on thematic reports at the same meeting, statements were made by the following: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Council: Brazil, Cuba, India, Mexico, Nigeria (on behalf of the Group of African States), Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Spain2 (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine), Sudan1 (on behalf of the Group of Arab States); (b) Representatives of the following observer States: Algeria, Malaysia; (c) Observer for national human rights institutions: International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions; (d) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: European Disability Forum, International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies, International Institute for Peace. 59. At the 40th meeting, on 24 March 2010, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights presented country-specific reports prepared by the High Commissioner, the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General (see chapter X below). C. Consideration of and action on draft proposals Composition of staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 60. At the 41st meeting, on 24 March 2010, the representative of Cuba introduced draft resolution A/HRC/13/L.18, sponsored by Cuba and co-sponsored by Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Costa Rica, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Nicaragua, Nigeria, Palestine, Pakistan, Panama, the Russian Federation, Singapore, Sri Lanka, the Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam and Zimbabwe. Subsequently, Burkina Faso, China, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, the Philippines, Senegal and the Sudan joined the co-sponsors. 61. 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) and the United States of America. 62. 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 12, with 3 abstentions. The voting was as follows: 91