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Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Croatia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala,
Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Montenegro, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Ukraine and Uruguay. Subsequently, Angola,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt,
Ethiopia, Mali, Morocco, Nicaragua, Senegal, Slovakia, Uganda and Venezuela
(Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors.
119. At the same meeting, general comments in connection with the draft resolution were made
by the representatives of Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, Mexico (on behalf of Chile and
States members of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States that are members of the
Council), the Philippines, Qatar (on behalf of States members of the Group of Arab States that
are members of the Council), Romania, the Russian Federation, Switzerland and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
120. Statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of
Pakistan and South Africa.
121. The draft resolution was adopted without a vote.
122. At the same meeting, general comments in connection with the adoption of the resolution
were made by observers for Algeria, Australia, Denmark, Ireland, Morocco, the Sudan, the
Syrian Arab Republic and Turkey. At the 28th meeting, on the same day, a statement in
explanation of vote after the vote was made by the representative of Japan (for the text as
adopted, see part one, chap. I, resolution 8/2).
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
123. At the 28th meeting, on 18 June 2008, the representative of Sweden introduced draft
resolution A/HRC/8/L.4/Rev.1, sponsored by Sweden and co-sponsored by Albania,
Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus,
the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Timor-Leste, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay.
Subsequently, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Israel, Nicaragua, Serbia, Ukraine
and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors.
124. At the same meeting, the representative of Sweden orally revised the draft resolution by
deleting paragraph 7 (b).
125. 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 II).
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