A/HRC/15/60 215. At the same meeting, the representative of Egypt orally revised the draft resolution. 216. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of Belgium, on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council, and the United States of America made statements in explanation of vote before the vote. 217. At the same meeting, at the request of the representative of the United States of America, a recorded vote was taken on draft resolution A/HRC/15/L.12, as orally revised. The draft resolution was adopted by 45 votes in favour and 1 abstention. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Zambia Abstaining: United States of America 218. For the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 15/25. 219. At the same meeting, on the same day, the representative of Uruguay made a statement in explanation of vote after the vote.48 Open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies 220. At the 34th meeting, on 1 October 2010, the representative of the representative of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of African States, introduced draft resolution A/HRC/15/L.22, sponsored by South Africa (on behalf of the Group of African States) and co-sponsored by Cuba. Subsequently, the Russian Federation and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors. 221. At the same meeting, the representative of Nigeria orally revised the draft resolution. 222. 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 as orally revised (see annex II). 223. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of Argentina, Belgium (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council), Norway, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America made statements in explanation of vote before the vote. 224. At the same meeting, at the request of the representative of the United States of America, a recorded vote was taken on draft resolution A/HRC/15/L.22 as orally revised. The draft resolution as orally revised was adopted by 32 votes in favour, 12 against, with 3 abstentions. The voting was as follows: 48 GE.11-17043 The representative stated that, had the delegation been present at the time action was taken on the draft resolution, it would have voted in favour. 113