A/HRC/12/50
Belarus, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), China, Congo, the Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic
Republic of), Nicaragua, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, the Syrian
Arab Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam and Zimbabwe.
Subsequently, Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal and Tunisia joined the
sponsors.
119. At the same meeting, the representative of France (on behalf of States Members of
the European Union that are members of the Council) made a statement in explanation of
vote before the vote.
120. 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, which was adopted by 33 votes in favour and 14 against.
The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of),
Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt,
Gabon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mauritius,
Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian
Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Uruguay, Zambia;
Against:
Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan,
Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of
America.
121.
For the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 12/9.
Follow-up to the seventh special session of the Human Rights Council on the negative
impact of the worsening of the world food crisis on the realization of the right to food
for all
122. At the 30th meeting, on 1 October 2009, the representative of Cuba introduced draft
resolution A/HRC/12/L.21, sponsored by Cuba and co-sponsored by Algeria, Austria,
Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti,
Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Luxembourg, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique,
Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, Singapore,
Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic, Uruguay,
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam and Zimbabwe. Subsequently, Angola,
Armenia, Cameroon, Finland, Italy, Japan, Mauritius, Paraguay, the Republic of Korea,
Senegal, Serbia and Turkey joined the sponsors.
123. At the same meeting, the representative of the United States of America made a
statement in explanation of vote before the vote.
124. Also at the same meeting, the draft resolution was adopted without a vote (for the
text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 12/10).
Human rights and transitional justice
125. At the 30th meeting, on 1 October 2009, the representative of Switzerland
introduced draft resolution A/HRC/12/L.26/Rev.1, sponsored by Switzerland and cosponsored by Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada,
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