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(f) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, Caritas
Internationalis (International Confederation of Catholic Charities) (also on behalf of the
International Volunteerism Organization for Women, Education and Development-VIDES,
Dominicans for Justice and Peace (Order of Preachers), the International Catholic Migration
Commission, the Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund, the International Catholic Child Bureau,
Franciscans International and The Center For Migration Studies Of New York, Inc.), Centre
Europe-Tiers Monde (also on behalf of Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre
les peuples, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and France Libertés:
Fondation Danielle Mitterand), Foodfirst Information and Action Network, Indian Movement
Tupaj Amaru (also on behalf of the World Peace Council), International Centre for Human
Rights and Democratic Development (Rights and Democracy), International Commission of
Jurists, International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH), Mouvement contre
le racisme et l’amitié entre les peuples (also on behalf of Centre Europe-Tiers Monde, the
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and France Libertés: Fondation
Danielle Mitterand), Nord-Sud XXI, Union of Arab Jurists, World Federation of Trade Unions,
World Vision International.
19. At the 2nd meeting, on 22 May 2008, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food made his
concluding remarks.
G. Action on draft resolution A/HRC/S-7/L.1/Rev.1
20. At the 2nd meeting, on 22 May, the representative of Cuba introduced draft resolution
A/HRC/S-7/L.1/Rev.1, sponsored by Bahrain, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile,
Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Lao People’s
Democratic Republic, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mexico,
Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Panama, the Philippines, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland,
Tunisia, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). Subsequently, Angola, Armenia,
Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Colombia, Congo,
Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt (on behalf of the Group of African States), El Salvador,
Finland, France, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco,
Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan (also on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference), Palestine (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), Peru, Portugal, Romania,
Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, the Sudan, The former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Ukraine, Viet Nam and Zimbabwe joined the sponsors.
21. At the same meeting, the representative of Cuba orally revised the draft resolution by
modifying preambular paragraph 12 and operative paragraph 3.
22. A statement in explanation of vote before the vote on the draft resolution was made by the
representative of Canada.
23.
The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote.
24.
For the text of the resolution as adopted, see chapter I, resolution S-7/1.
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