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190. Also at the same meeting, the representative of Nigeria moved to amend the draft
resolution.
191. At the same meeting, the representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland opposed the motion for the proposed amendment.
192. Also at the same meeting, the representative of Nigeria withdrew its proposal to
amend the draft resolution.
193. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the
attention of the Human Rights Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and
programme budget implications of the draft resolution.
194. 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 16/7).
Human rights and the environment
195. At the 46th meeting, on 24 March 2011, the representatives of Costa Rica and
Maldives introduced draft resolution A/HRC/16/L.7, sponsored by Costa Rica, Maldives
and Switzerland and co-sponsored by Austria, Germany, Honduras, Monaco, Morocco,
New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Slovenia and Uruguay. Subsequently,
Albania, Angola, Australia, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana,
Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad, the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire,
Croatia, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, the Federated
States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar,
the Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, the Niger, Nigeria,
Palau, Palestine, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia,
Spain, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe joined the
sponsors.
196. At the same meeting, the representative of Maldives orally revised the draft
resolution.
197. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the
attention of the Human Rights Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and
programme budget implications of the draft resolution.
198. At the same meeting, the representatives of Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Nigeria
and the United States of America made statements in explanation of vote before the vote.
199. 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 16/11).
200. At the 48th meeting, on 25 March 2011, the representatives of Bolivia (Plurinational
State of) and India made comments in relation to the resolution.
Rights of the child: a holistic approach to the protection and promotion of the rights
of children working and/or living on the street
201. At the 46th meeting, on 24 March 2011, the representative of Hungary (on behalf of
States members of the European Union that are members of the Human Rights Council)
and the representative of Uruguay (on behalf of the Group of Latin American and
Caribbean States) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/16/L.13/Rev.1, sponsored by
Hungary (on behalf of the European Union) and Uruguay (on behalf of the Group of Latin
American and Caribbean States) and co-sponsored by Albania, Argentina, Armenia,
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina,
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