A/HRC/S-12/1 page 10 Cameroon, Guatemala and Panama), Nigeria (on behalf of the Group of African States, with the exception of Cameroon), Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Palestine and Tunisia (on behalf of the Group of Arab States). 20. At the same meeting, the representative of Pakistan orally revised the draft resolution by adding an eighth preambular paragraph to section B. 21. Also at the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of Israel and Palestine as concerned parties. 22. At the same meeting, statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Norway, Slovenia, the United States of America and Uruguay. 23. Also at the same meeting, at the request of the representative of the United States of America, a recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution, as orally revised. The draft resolution was adopted by 25 votes in favour, 6 against and 11 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia; Against: Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Ukraine, United States of America; Abstaining: 24. Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gabon, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Uruguay. For the text of the resolution as adopted, see chapter I. 25. At the same meeting, statements in explanation of vote after the vote were made by the representatives of Belgium, China, India, Italy, the Netherlands, the Russian Federation and Slovakia. 26. Also at the same meeting, the representative of Algeria made general remarks in relation to the adopted resolution. III. Report of the Human Rights Council on its twelfth special session 27. At the 2nd meeting, on 16 October 2009, the report was adopted ad referendum and the Rapporteur was entrusted with its finalization.

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