A/HRC/15/60
110. At the 9th meeting, on 16 September 2010, statements in exercise of the right of
reply were made by the representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya.
111. At the same meeting, on the same day, statements in exercise of a second right of
reply were made by the representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
E.
Consideration of and action on draft proposals
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery
112. At the 30th meeting, on 29 September 2010, the representative of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland introduced draft resolution A/HRC/15/L.9,
sponsored by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and co-sponsored
by Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Peru,
Portugal, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Serbia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia and Uruguay. Subsequently, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Ghana, Iceland, Israel, Mauritius, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Poland, the Republic
of Korea, Somalia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States of America and Venezuela
(Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors.
113. 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).
114. At the same meeting, the representative of the United States of America made
general comments in relation to the draft resolution.
115. Also at the same meeting, the draft resolution was adopted without a vote (for the
text as adopted, see part one, chap. I, resolution 15/2).
Independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors and the
independence of lawyers
116. At the 30th meeting, on 29 September 2010, the representative of Hungary
introduced draft resolution A/HRC/15/L.16, sponsored by Hungary and co-sponsored by
Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica,
Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy,
Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay. Subsequently, Andorra, Australia, Azerbaijan,
Belgium, Burundi, Colombia, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Guinea, Iceland,
Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Maldives, Morocco, New Zealand, the Republic of Moldova,
the Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Republic of Tanzania, the United
States of America and Zambia joined the sponsors.
117. At the same meeting, the representative of Hungary orally revised the draft
resolution.
118. Also at the same meeting, the draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted
without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chap. I, resolution 15/3).
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