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the Philippines, Turkey and Uruguay. Subsequently, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, El Salvador, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Nicaragua,
Senegal, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors.
156. 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 II).
157. At the same meeting, a statement in explanation of vote before the vote was made by the
representative of Slovenia (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members
of the Council).
158. The draft resolution was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one,
chap. I, resolution 8/10).
Human rights and extreme poverty
159. At the 28th meeting, on 18 June 2008, the representative of France introduced draft
resolution A/HRC/8/L.16, sponsored by France and co-sponsored by Albania, Andorra,
Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso,
Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Mexico, Montenegro, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and Uruguay. Subsequently,
Armenia, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea,
Gabon, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Madagascar, Mali, Monaco, Morocco, the
Philippines, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Switzerland, Thailand,
Timor-Leste, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Venezuela
(Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors.
160. At the same meeting, the representative of France orally revised the draft resolution, by
modifying the fourth, fifth, seventh and twelfth preambular paragraphs; deleting the sixth, ninth
and tenth preambular paragraphs; adding a fourth preambular paragraph; modifying
paragraphs 1, 2 (a), (d) and (j) and adding a new subparagraph 2 (b).
161. 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 II).
162. At the same meeting, a statement in explanation of vote before the vote was made by the
representative of South Africa.
163. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted,
see part one, chap. I, resolution 8/11).
164. At the same meeting, a general comment in connection with the adoption of the draft
resolution was made by the representative for the Sudan.
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