A/HRC/S-21/2 IIPJHR; Maarij Foundation for Peace and Development; Norwegian Refugee Council; Rencontre Africaine pour la défense des droits de l’homme; Save the Children International; United Nations Watch; Union of Arab Jurists; World Jewish Congress. G. Action on the draft proposal 25. At the 2nd meeting, on 23 July 2014, the representative of Pakistan, on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, introduced draft resolution A/HRC/S-21/L.1, as orally revised, sponsored by the State of Palestine and co-sponsored by Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), Indonesia, Maldives, Morocco, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Saudi Arabia and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). Subsequently, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Ecuador, Namibia, Nicaragua and South Africa joined the sponsors. 26. At the same meeting, the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine made statements as the States concerned. 27. Also at the same meeting, 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 as orally revised. The Chief of the Programme Support and Management Services of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights made a statement in relation to the budgetary implications of the draft resolution as orally revised. 28. At the same meeting, the representatives of Brazil, Italy (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council), Peru and the United States of America made statements in explanation of vote before the vote. 29. Also 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 as orally revised. The draft resolution as orally revised was adopted by 29 votes in favour, 1 against, with 17 abstentions. For the text of the adopted resolution S-21/1 and voting results, see chapter I. 30. At the same meeting, the representative of Gabon made general comments and the representatives of Chile and Japan made statements in explanation of vote after the vote. III. Report of the Human Rights Council on its twenty-first special session 31. At the 2nd meeting, held on 23 July 2014, the report was adopted ad referendum and the Rapporteur was entrusted with its finalization. 10

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