A/HRC/19/2 J. Election of a member of the Advisory Committee 48. At its 55th meeting, on 23 March 2012, the Human Rights Council elected, pursuant to Council resolution 5/1, an expert to the Advisory Committee. The Council has before it a note by the Secretary-General (A/HRC/19/81) containing the nomination by the Philippines of the candidate, Cecilia Rachel V. Quisumbing, for election, in accordance with Council decision 6/102, and the biographical data of the candidate. 49. The number of candidates for the regional group corresponds to the number of seats to be filled. The practice of holding a secret ballot pursuant to paragraph 70 of Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 was dispensed with and Ms. Quisumbing was elected as a member of the Advisory Committee by consensus (see annex IV). K. Selection and appointment of mandate holders 50. At its 55th meeting, on 23 March 2012, the Human Rights Council appointed special procedures mandate holders in accordance with Council resolution 5/1 (see annex V). 51. At the same meeting, the representative of India made a statement in relation to the appointment of special procedures mandate holders. L. Consideration of and action on draft proposals The escalating grave human rights violations and deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 52. At the 10th meeting, on 1 March 2012, the representative of Turkey introduced draft resolution A/HRC/19/L.1/Rev.1, sponsored by Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and co-sponsored by Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. Subsequently, Georgia, Liechtenstein, Mauritius, Montenegro, Palestine and Senegal joined the sponsors. 53. At the same meeting, the representative of the Russian Federation made a general comment in relation to the draft resolution. 54. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of China, Cuba, Ecuador and Thailand made statements in explanation of vote before the vote. 55. At the same meeting, at the request of the representative of the Russian Federation, a recorded vote was taken on draft resolution A/HRC/19/L.1/Rev.1. The draft resolution was adopted by 37 votes in favour, 3 against, with 3 abstentions.73 73 GE.13-14768 At the same meeting, Burkina Faso and Kyrgyzstan declared that they had not been present during the vote, but had they been present, they would have voted in favour of the resolution; Angola declared that its representatives had not been present during the vote, but had he been present, he would have abstained. 143