A/HRC/12/50 (d) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Action Canada for Population and Development, Amnesty International, Asian Forum for Human Rights (also on behalf of the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development and International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific), Association for World Education, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Centre for Women’s Global Leadership (also on behalf of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development and International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific), Federatie van Netherlandse Verenigingen tot Integratie van Homoseksualiteit COC Nederland (also on behalf of the European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association), European Union for Public Relations, Human Rights Watch, International Club for Peace Research, International Commission of Jurists, Indian Council of Education, International Humanist and Ethical Union, International Institutes for Non-Aligned Studies, International Services for Human Rights, Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples, United Nations Watch, Universal Esperanto Association. 695. At the 26th meeting, on 30 September, the representatives of Iran (Islamic Republic of), Sri Lanka and the Sudan made statements in exercise of the right of reply. C. Consideration of and action on draft proposals Promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional values of humankind 696. At the 31st meeting, on 2 October 2009, the representative of the Russian Federation introduced draft resolution A/HRC/12/L.13/Rev.1, sponsored by the Russian Federation and co-sponsored by Belarus, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), China, Singapore and Sri Lanka. Subsequently, Algeria, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Viet Nam and Zambia joined the sponsors. 697. At the same meeting, the representative of the Russian Federation orally revised the draft resolution by modifying paragraph 1. 698. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of Bolivia (Plurinational State of) and China made general comments in relation to the draft resolution. 699. 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). 700. At the same meeting, the representatives of Argentina, Chile, France (on behalf of States Members of the European Union that are members of the Council), Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Senegal and the United States of America made statements in explanation of vote before the vote. 701. Also at the same meeting, at the request of the representative of Norway, a recorded vote was taken on draft resolution A/HRC/12/L.13/Rev.1. The draft resolution was adopted by 26 votes in favour, 15 against, with 6 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia; Against 170