A/HRC/S-19/2 18. At the same meeting, on the same day, statements were made by the following States Members of the Human Rights Council: Angola, Chile, China, Denmark (on behalf of the European Union), Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Kuwait, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden (on behalf of the Nordic countries), Switzerland, Thailand, the United States of America, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America: Cuba, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Nicaragua, Ecuador and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)). 19. At the 2nd meeting, on the same day, statements were made by the following States Members of the Human Rights Council: Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Jordan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Romania and the Russian Federation. 20. At the same meeting, statements were made by the following: (a) Observer States of the Human Rights Council: Algeria, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Holy See, Honduras, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Morocco, New Zealand, Paraguay, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam; (b) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Human Rights Watch, Groupe des ONG pour la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant, Indian Movement “Tupaj Amaru”, International Commission of Jurists, International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, North-South XXI - Nord-Sud XXI, Press Emblem Campaign, Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l'homme, Reporters Without Borders International, United Nations Watch, Union of Arab Jurists and General Arab Women Federation (joint statement). G. Action on the draft proposal 21. At the 2nd meeting, on 1 June 2012, the representative of Qatar introduced draft resolution A/HRC/S-19/L.1, sponsored by Djibouti, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States of America. Subsequently, Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Paraguay, Panama, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland joined the sponsors. 22. At the same meeting, the representatives of China, Cuba and the Russian Federation made general comments. 23. Also at the same meeting, the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic made a statement as the country concerned. 24. At the same meeting, in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the secretariat made a statement on the administrative and programme budget implications. 7