A/HRC/13/56 Abstaining: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Japan, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Ukraine. 812. For the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 13/8. Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict 813. At the 41st meeting, on 24 March 2010, the representative of Pakistan (on behalf of the Group of Arab States, the Non-Aligned Movement with the exception of Chile and Panama and the Organization of the Islamic Conference) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/13/L.30, sponsored by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Palestine and the Sudan (on behalf of the Group of Arab States) and cosponsored by Bolivia (Plurinational State of), El Salvador, Morocco and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). Subsequently, Algeria, Bahrain, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement with the exception of Chile and Panama), the Niger, Nigeria, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Yemen joined the cosponsors. 814. At the same meeting, the representative of Pakistan orally revised the draft resolution by modifying paragraphs 9, 11 and 12 and adding a new paragraph 13. 815. At the 42nd meeting, on 25 March 2010, the representatives of Israel and Palestine made statements as concerned parties. 816. At the same meeting, in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the attention of the Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and programme budget implications of the draft resolution (see annex III). 817. Also at the same meeting, statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of Argentina, Chile, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands (also on behalf of Hungary and Slovakia), Mexico, Norway, the United States of America and Uruguay. 818. At the same meeting, at the request of the representative of the United States of America, a recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted, by 29 votes to 6, with 11 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Uruguay, Zambia; Against: Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Ukraine, United States of America; Abstaining: Belgium, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, France, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Norway, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 819. For the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 13/9. 820. At the same meeting, the President announced that draft resolution A/HRC/12/L.12, which had been deferred for consideration from the twelfth session of the Council, had been superseded by the adopted resolution 13/9. 200

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