A/HRC/12/50 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America joined the sponsors. 135. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the attention of the Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and programme budget implications of the draft resolution (see annex III). 136. At the same meeting, the draft resolution was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 12/15). Freedom of opinion and expression 137. At the 30th meeting, on 1 October 2009, the representatives of Egypt and the United States of America introduced draft resolution A/HRC/12/L.14/Rev.1, sponsored by Egypt and the United States of America. Subsequently, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Palestine, Peru, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Yemen and Zambia joined the sponsors. 138. At the same meeting, the representative of the United States of America orally revised the draft resolution by modifying paragraph 8. 139. At the 31st meeting, on 2 October, the representative of South Africa made general comments in relation to the draft resolution. 140. At the same meeting, the representatives of Chile, Cuba, France (on behalf of States Members of the European Union that are members of the Council) and Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) made statements in explanation of vote before the vote. 141. Also at the same meeting, the draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 12/16). 142. At the 32nd meeting, on 2 October, the representatives of Algeria and Canada made general remarks in relation to the adopted resolution. Elimination of discrimination against women 143. At the 31st meeting, on 2 October 2009, the representative of Mexico introduced draft resolution A/HRC/12/L.3/Rev.1, sponsored by Colombia and Mexico and cosponsored by Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, Congo, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Maldives, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Rwanda, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Uruguay. Subsequently, Angola, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, El Salvador, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Senegal, Slovakia, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America joined the sponsors. 144. At the same meeting, the representative of Mexico orally revised the draft resolution by modifying paragraphs 15 and 16. 145. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of Norway, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Slovenia and the United States of America made general comments in relation to the draft resolution. 85