A/HRC/10/29 774. At the same meeting, statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of Chile (also on behalf of Argentina and Uruguay) and Germany (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council). 775. Also 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 34 votes to 13. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, 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: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 776. For the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 10/30. From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 777. At the 45th meeting, on 27 March 2009, the representative of South Africa (on behalf of the Group of African States) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/10/L.9/Rev.1, sponsored by South Africa (on behalf of the Group of African States) and co-sponsored by Cuba and Indonesia. Subsequently, Belarus, Bolivia, China, Pakistan and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors. 778. At the same meeting, the representative of South Africa orally revised the draft resolution by modifying the first and third preambular paragraphs, moving paragraph 1 to the fourth preambular paragraph and modifying it, moving the original fourth preambular paragraph to paragraph 1 and modifying it, and modifying paragraphs 2 and 3. 779. Also at the same meeting, the representative of Germany (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council) made a general comment on the draft resolution. 780. At the same meeting, statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of South Africa and Switzerland. 781. Also at the same meeting, the draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 10/31). GE.09-17451 217

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