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Elimination of violence against women

279. At the 41st meeting, on 28 March 2008, the representative of Canada introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.22/Rev.1, sponsored by Canada and co-sponsored by Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland,

Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay. Subsequently, Angola, Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Iceland, Guinea, Malta, Moldova, Nicaragua, Senegal and Serbia joined the sponsors.

280. At the same meeting, the representative of Canada orally revised the draft resolution by modifying the seventh preambular paragraph.

281. 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).

282. Statements in connection with the draft resolution were made by the representatives of Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) and the Russian Federation.

283. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/24).