A/HRC/S-1/3 page 8 “New operative paragraph 4 quater: Urges those who detain the Israeli soldier to treat him humanely, in all circumstances, in conformity with the Geneva Conventions.” 20. At the 2nd meeting, on 6 July 2006, the representative of Switzerland withdrew the proposed insertion of new operative paragraph 4 quater. 21. At the same meeting, the representative of Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) orally amended the amendment proposed by Switzerland by modifying new operative paragraphs 4 bis and ter to read as follows: “Urges all concerned parties to respect the rules of international humanitarian law, to refrain from violence against the civilian population and to treat under all circumstances all detained combatants and civilians in accordance with the Geneva Conventions”. 22. Statements in explanation of vote before the vote on the amendment proposed by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) were made by the representatives of Canada, Cuba, Finland (on behalf of the members of the European Union that are States members of the Council and Romania), and the Russian Federation. 23. At the request of the representative of Switzerland, a recorded vote was taken on the amendment proposed by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), which was adopted by 28 votes to 0, with 17 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uruguay, Zambia. Against: None Abstaining: Cameroon, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 24. At the same meeting, statements in connection with the draft resolution were made by the observers for Israel and Palestine. 25. 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 2 of the draft resolution. 26. Statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of Canada, China, Ecuador, Finland (on behalf of the members of the European Union that are States members of the Council and Romania), Guatemala, Peru, the Philippines and Switzerland. 2 See annex II.