A/HRC/7/78 page 153 Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Uruguay. Subsequently, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Egypt, India, Ireland, Lithuania, Madagascar, Panama, Montenegro and Uganda joined the sponsors. 303. At the same meeting, the representative of Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) introduced draft amendment A/HRC/7/L.39 to the draft resolution. 304. Statements in explanation of vote before the vote in connection with the draft amendment were made by the representatives of Brazil, Canada, India, Slovenia (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council) and Sri Lanka. 305. At the request of the representative of Canada, a recorded vote was taken on the amendment to the draft resolution. The amendment to the draft resolution (A/HRC/7/L.39) was adopted, by 27 votes to 17, with 3 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zambia; Against: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay; Abstaining: Bolivia, Japan, Republic of Korea. 306. Statements in explanation of vote before the vote in connection with draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.24, as amended, were made by the representatives of Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, India, Guatemala, Mexico (also on behalf of Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay), Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union), Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (also on behalf of the Group of Western European and Other States, Andorra, Australia, Monaco, New Zealand and the United States of America). 307. At the same meeting, the representative of Cuba introduced an oral amendment to the resolution by modifying the tenth preambular paragraph. 308. Statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of Canada and China. 309. At the request of the representative of Canada, a recorded vote was taken on the oral amendment of the tenth preambular paragraph of the draft resolution. The oral amendment was adopted, by 29 votes to 15, with 3 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zambia;