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Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, the Netherlands,
New Zealand, Norway, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay. Subsequently,
Angola, Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Iceland, Guinea, Malta,
Moldova, Nicaragua, Senegal and Serbia joined the sponsors.
280. At the same meeting, the representative of Canada orally revised the draft resolution by
modifying the seventh preambular paragraph.
281. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the
attention of the Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and programme budget
implications of the draft resolution (see annex II).
282. Statements in connection with the draft resolution were made by the representatives of
Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) and the Russian Federation.
283. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted,
see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/24).
Prevention of genocide
284. At the 41st meeting, on 28 March 2008, the representative of Armenia introduced draft
resolution A/HRC/7/L.26/Rev.1, sponsored by Armenia and co-sponsored by Andorra,
Argentina, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark,
Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya,
Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands,
Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Ukraine and the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Subsequently, Belarus, Brazil, France, Guatemala,
Iceland, New Zealand, Rwanda and the United States of America joined the sponsors.
285. At the same meeting, the representative of Armenia orally revised the draft resolution by
modifying the second and ninth preambular paragraphs.
286. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the
attention of the Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and programme budget
implications of the draft resolution (see annex II).
287. Statements in connection with the draft resolution were made by the representatives of
Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation.
288. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted,
see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/25).
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