A/HRC/41/2
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq,
Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia
Against:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia,
Czechia, Denmark, Fiji, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru,
Philippines, Rwanda, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Ukraine, United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay
Abstaining:
Angola, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nepal, Nigeria,
Togo
194. The Human Rights Council rejected amendment A/HRC/41/L.41 by 13 votes to 27,
with 6 abstentions.41
195. At the same meeting, the representatives of Denmark, Mexico and the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland made statements in explanation of vote
before the vote in relation to amendment A/HRC/41/L.46.
196. Also at the same meeting, at the request of the representative of Mexico, a recorded
vote was taken on amendment A/HRC/41/L.46. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi
Arabia, Senegal, Somalia
Against:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia,
Czechia, Denmark, Fiji, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru,
Rwanda, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay
Abstaining:
Afghanistan, Angola, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Qatar, Togo
197. The Human Rights Council rejected amendment A/HRC/41/L.46 by 11 votes to 26,
with 9 abstentions.42
198. At the same meeting, the representatives of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh,
Cameroon, Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Somalia made
statements in explanation of vote before the vote. In their statements, the representatives of
Afghanistan and Nigeria disassociated the respective Member States from the consensus on
paragraph 5(e) of the draft resolution. In his statement, the representative of Bahrain
disassociated the Member State from the consensus on the seventh, tenth, seventeenth and
twenty-eighth preambular paragraphs and on paragraphs 5(a), 5(c), 5(e), 7 and 11 of the
draft resolution. In their statements, the representatives of Bangladesh, Cameroon and
Saudi Arabia disassociated the respective Member States from the consensus on the seventh
and tenth preambular paragraphs and on paragraphs 5(a), 5(c), 5(e) and 11 of the draft
resolution. In his statement, the representative of Egypt disassociated the Member State
from the consensus on the tenth preambular paragraph and on paragraph 5(e) of the draft
41
42
40
The delegation of Cuba did not cast a vote.
The delegation of Cuba did not cast a vote.
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