A/HRC/10/29
736. At the same meeting, a statement in exercise of the right of reply was made by the
representative of the Syrian Arab Republic.
D.
Consideration of and action on draft proposals
Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan
737. At the 43rd meeting, on 26 March 2009, the representative of Pakistan (on behalf of
the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Group of Arab States) introduced draft
resolution A/HRC/10/L.4, sponsored by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference) and co-sponsored by Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, Yemen (on behalf of the Group of Arab States) and
Zimbabwe. Subsequently, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors.
738. At the same meeting, the representatives of Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic
made statements as concerned countries.
739. Also at the same meeting, statements in explanation of vote before the vote were
made by the representatives of Canada and Germany (on behalf of States members of the
European Union that are members of the Council).
740. At the same meeting, at the request of the representative of Germany (on behalf of
States members of the European Union that are members of the Council), a recorded vote
was taken on the draft resolution. The draft resolution was adopted by 33 votes to 1, with
13 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil,
Burkina Faso, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, India,
Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, South Africa, Uruguay, Zambia;
Against:
Canada;
Abstaining:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
741.
For the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 10/17.
Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
and in the occupied Syrian Golan
742. At the 43rd meeting, on 26 March 2009, the representative of Pakistan (on behalf of
the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Group of Arab States) introduced draft
resolution A/HRC/10/L.5, sponsored by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference) and co-sponsored by Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of) and Yemen (on behalf of the Group of Arab States). Subsequently, Belarus,
Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal,
Slovenia, Spain and Sri Lanka joined the sponsors.
743. At the same meeting, the representative of Pakistan orally revised the draft
resolution by modifying operative paragraphs 3 and 7.
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