A/HRC/44/2 Norway, Panama, the Republic of Korea, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Somalia and South Africa joined the sponsors. 215. At the same meeting, the representative of Bangladesh made a general comment on the draft resolution. 216. 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 administrative and programme budget implications of the draft resolution. 217. Also at the same meeting, the Human Rights Council adopted the draft resolution without a vote (resolution 44/10). Mandate of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity 218. At the 27th meeting, on 16 July 2020, the representative of Cuba introduced draft resolution A/HRC/44/L.15, sponsored by Cuba, and co-sponsored by Belarus, China, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Qatar, the Syrian Arab Republic, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and the State of Palestine. Subsequently, Algeria, Botswana, Ecuador, Egypt, Eswatini, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mozambique, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka and Yemen joined the sponsors. 219. 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 administrative and programme budget implications of the draft resolution. 220. At the same meeting, the representatives of Germany, on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Human Rights Council, and Mexico made statements in explanation of vote before the vote. 221. Also at the same meeting, at the request of the representative of Germany, on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Human Rights Council, a recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution. The voting was as follows: In favour: Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Libya, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Against: Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Marshall Islands, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Spain, and Ukraine Abstaining: Mexico 222. At the same meeting, the Human Rights Council adopted the draft resolution by 31 votes to 15, with 1 abstention (resolution 44/11). Freedom of opinion and expression 223. At the 27th meeting, on 16 July 2020, the representative of Canada, also on behalf of Brazil, Fiji, Namibia, the Netherlands and Sweden introduced draft resolution A/HRC/44/L.18/Rev.1, sponsored by Brazil, Canada, Fiji, Namibia, the Netherlands and Sweden, and co-sponsored by Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, GE. 43