A/HRC/8/52 page 92 135. At the request of the representative of Slovenia (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, as orally revised, was adopted, by 32 votes to 13, with 2 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uruguay, Zambia. Against: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Abstaining: Ghana,3 Mexico. 136. For the text as adopted, see part one, chap. I, resolution 8/5. Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers 137. At the 28th meeting, on 18 June 2008, the representative of Hungary introduced draft resolution A/HRC/8/L.7 sponsored by Hungary and co-sponsored by Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay. Subsequently, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, the Dominican Republic, Poland, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors. 138. 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). 139. The draft resolution was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chap. I, resolution 8/6). 3 The representative of Ghana subsequently stated that her delegation had intended to vote in favour of the draft resolution.