A/HRC/S-24/2 Luxembourg* (on behalf of the European Union and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine), Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Viet Nam. 21. At the same meeting, statements were made by the following observer States of the Human Rights Council: Angola, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Egypt, Greece, the Holy See, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Liechtenstein, Norway, Panama, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and Uruguay. 22. At the 2nd meeting, on the same day, statements were made by the following: (a) Observer States of the Human Rights Council: Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, New Zealand, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania; (b) Observers for intergovernmental organizations: International Organization of la Francophonie; (c) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, Caritas Internationalis (International Confederation of Catholic Charities), Centre indépendant de recherches et d’initiatives pour le dialogue (CIRID) (also on behalf of Organisation pour la communication en Afrique et de promotion de la coopération économique internationale (OCAPROCE Internationale)), CIVICUS – World Alliance for Citizen Participation (also on behalf of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project), Dominicans for Justice and Peace – Order of Preachers, East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, Human Rights Watch, International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, International Service for Human Rights, Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l’homme, United Nations Watch, World Evangelical Alliance. G. Action on the draft proposal 23. At the 2nd meeting, on 17 December 2015, the representative of the United States of America introduced draft resolution A/HRC/S-24/L.1, sponsored by the United States of America. Subsequently, Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland joined the sponsors. 24. At the same meeting, on the same day, the representative of the Netherlands, on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council, made general comments in relation to the draft resolution. 25. Also at the same meeting, the representative of Burundi made a statement as the State concerned. 26. At the same meeting, in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the attention of the Human Rights Council was drawn to the estimated * Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States. 9