A/HRC/S-23/2 G. Action on the draft proposal 24. At the 2nd meeting, on 1 April 2015, the representative of Algeria, on behalf of the Group of African States, introduced draft resolution A/HRC/S-23/L.1, sponsored by Algeria on behalf the Group of African States and co-sponsored by Argentina, Colombia, Estonia, France, Germany, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. Subsequently, Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Poland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors. 25. At the same meeting, on the same day, the representative of Latvia, on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council, made general comments in relation to the draft resolution. 26. Also at the same meeting, in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure 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. The Chief of the Programme Support and Management Services of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights made a statement in relation to the budgetary implications of the draft resolution. 27. At the same meeting, the representative of the United States of America made a statement in explanation of vote before the vote. 28. Also at the same meeting, the draft resolution was adopted without a vote. For the text of resolution S-23/1 as adopted, see chapter I. III. Report of the Human Rights Council on its twenty-third special session 29. At the 2nd meeting, on 1 April 2015, the report was adopted ad referendum and the Rapporteur was entrusted with its finalization. 9