A/HRC/7/78 page 58 16. Requests the High Commissioner for Human Rights to report on the implementation of the present resolution and to submit a study compiling relevant existing legislations and jurisprudence concerning defamation of and contempt for religions to the Council at its ninth session. 40th meeting 27 March 2008 Adopted by a recorded vote of 21 to 10, with 14 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mali, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka; Against: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Abstaining: Bolivia, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, Peru, Republic of Korea, Uruguay, Zambia. See chapter IX. 7/20. Technical cooperation and advisory services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Human Rights Council, Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, Recalling also its resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, by which it renewed the mandate of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until such time as it would be considered by the Council according to its programme of work, Recalling further that, in its resolution 5/1, the Council decided that decisions to create, review or discontinue country mandates should also take into account the principles of cooperation and genuine dialogue aimed at strengthening the capacity of Member States to comply with their human rights obligations, and that any decision to streamline, merge or eventually discontinue mandates should always be guided by the need for improvement of the enjoyment and the protection of human rights, Taking into account the discussions held at the present session of the Council on the mandate of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the context of the review, rationalization and improvement of the mandates of the Council,