A/HRC/10/29
Abstaining:
Chile, Mexico, Switzerland.
177. At the 44th meeting, on 27 March 2009, a statement in explanation of vote after the
vote was made by the representative of Mexico. For the text as adopted, see part one,
chapter I, resolution 10/11.
The right to food
178. At the 42nd meeting, on 26 March 2009, the representative of Cuba introduced draft
resolution A/HRC/10/L.25, sponsored by Cuba and co-sponsored by Angola, Austria,
Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil,
China, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran
(Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Pakistan,
Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, the Syrian
Arab Republic, Togo, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Zambia and
Zimbabwe. Subsequently, Algeria, Burkina Faso, El Salvador, Honduras, Japan, Kenya,
Luxembourg, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine joined the sponsors.
179. At the same meeting, the representative of Cuba orally revised the draft resolution
by modifying paragraph 23.
180. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote (for the text as
adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 10/12).
181. At the 44th meeting, on 27 March 2009, statements in explanation of vote after the
vote were made by the representatives of Canada, Chile and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland.
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality
182. At the 42nd meeting, on 26 March 2009, the representative of the Russian
Federation introduced draft resolution A/HRC/10/L.35, sponsored by the Russian
Federation and co-sponsored by Belarus, Cuba, Serbia and Uzbekistan. Subsequently, Sri
Lanka joined the sponsors.
183. At the same meeting, the representative of the Russian Federation orally revised the
draft resolution by modifying the twelfth preambular paragraph and moving paragraph 9 to
the end of the thirteenth preambular paragraph.
184. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote (for the text as
adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 10/13).
Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional
Protocols thereto
185. At the 43rd meeting, on 26 March 2009, the representative of the Czech Republic,
on behalf of the European Union, the Group of Latin American Countries and co-sponsors,
introduced draft resolution A/HRC/10/L.29, sponsored by the Czech Republic and cosponsored by Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus,
Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand,
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Moldova,
Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the
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