A/HRC/44/2 280. Also at the same meeting, at the request of the representative of Australia, a recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution. The voting was as follows: In favour: Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Libya, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Against: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine Abstaining: Brazil and Mexico 281. At the same meeting, the Human Rights Council adopted the draft resolution by 30 votes to 15, with 2 abstentions (resolution 44/18). The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests 282. At the 29th meeting, on 17 July 2020, the representative of Switzerland, also on behalf of Costa Rica, introduced draft resolution A/HRC/44/L.11, sponsored by Costa Rica and Switzerland, and co-sponsored by Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay. Subsequently, Australia, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Ukraine and the State of Palestine joined the sponsors. 283. At the same meeting, the representative of Switzerland orally revised the draft resolution. 284. Also at the same meeting, the representative of the Russian Federation introduced amendments A/HRC/44/L.24, A/HRC/44/L.25 and A/HRC/44/L.26 to draft resolution A/HRC/44/L.11 as orally revised. 285. Amendments A/HRC/44/L.24, A/HRC/44/L.25 and A/HRC/44/L.26 were sponsored by the Russian Federation. 286. At the same meeting, the representative of Czechia made a statement on the proposed amendments to draft resolution A/HRC/44/L.11 as orally revised. 287. Also 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 the Philippines made general comments on the draft resolution as orally revised, as well as on the proposed amendments. 288. 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 as orally revised. The Chief of the Programme Support and Management Services of OHCHR made a statement on the budgetary implications of the draft resolution as orally revised. GE. 51

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