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behalf of the Group of African States), Sri Lanka, Thailand and Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of) joined the sponsors.
162.
At the same meeting, the representative of Egypt orally revised the draft resolution.
163. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of Cuba and Senegal, on behalf of the
Group of African States, made general comments in relation to the draft resolution.
164. At the same meeting, in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedures 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.
165. Also at the same meeting, the representative of the United States of America made a
statement in explanation of vote before the vote.
166. At the same meeting, at the request of the United States of America, a recorded vote
was taken on the draft resolution. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted by 37
votes to 1, with 8 abstentions.
167.
For the text as adopted and voting results, see part one, chapter I, resolution 18/20.
Human rights of migrants
168. At the 37th meeting, on 30 September 2011, the representative of Mexico introduced
draft resolution A/HRC/18/L.10/Rev.1, sponsored by Mexico and co-sponsored by
Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Serbia, Turkey,
Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). Subsequently, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia,
Nicaragua, the Philippines and Sri Lanka joined the sponsors.
169. At the same meeting, the representative of Mexico orally revised the draft
resolution.
170. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of Ecuador, Italy, Poland (on behalf of
member States of the European Union that are members of the Council) and the United
States of America made general comments in relation to the draft resolution.
171. At the same meeting, the draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a
vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 18/21).
Human rights and climate change
172. At the 37th meeting, on 30 September 2011, the representatives of Bangladesh and
the Philippines introduced draft resolution A/HRC/18/L.26/Rev.1, sponsored by
Bangladesh and the Philippines and co-sponsored by Algeria, Benin, Djibouti, Indonesia,
Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of), Viet Nam and Zimbabwe. Subsequently, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso,
Chad, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Lebanon, Luxembourg,
Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands,
Nicaragua, Peru, Qatar, Romania, Senegal, Singapore, Spain and the Sudan joined the
sponsors.
173. At the same meeting, the representatives of Costa Rica, Maldives and the United
States of America made general comments in relation to the draft resolution.
174. Also at the same meeting, in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedures 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.
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