A/HRC/18/2 125. Also at the same meeting, at the request of Poland, on behalf of member States of the European Union that are members of the Council, a recorded vote was taken on amendment A/HRC/18/L.34. The amendment was adopted by 23 votes to 12, with 10 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Congo, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Thailand, Uganda Against: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, United States of America Abstaining: Botswana, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay 126. At the same meeting, the Human Rights Council decided not to take action on draft amendment A/HRC/18/L.33. 127. Also at the same meeting, at the request of the representative of Cuba, a recorded vote was taken on the amendment proposed by the United States of America. The amendment was rejected by 19 votes to 12, with 14 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, United States of America Against: Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, China, Congo, Cuba, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Uganda, Uruguay Abstaining: Botswana, Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Guatemala, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Peru, Thailand 128. At the same meeting, the representative of Poland, on behalf of member States of the European Union that are members of the Council, made a statement in explanation of vote before the vote in relation to the draft resolution as orally revised and amended by A/HRC/18/L.34. 129. Also at the same meeting, at the request of the representative of Poland, on behalf of member States of the European Union that are members of the Council, a recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution as orally revised and amended by A/HRC/18/L.34. The draft resolution, as orally revised and amended by A/HRC/18/L.34, was adopted by 29 votes to 12, with 5 abstentions. 130. For the text as adopted and voting results, see part one, chapter I, resolution 18/6. Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence 131. At the 35th meeting, on 29 September 2011, the representatives of Argentina, Morocco and Switzerland introduced draft resolution A/HRC/18/L.22, sponsored by GE.12-17756 99

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