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381. At the 41st meeting, on 28 March 2008, the representative of Pakistan (on behalf
of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.2, sponsored by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) and Palestine³ (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), and co-sponsored by Belarus, Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. Subsequently, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors.

382. At the same meeting, the representative of Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) orally revised the draft resolution by modifying operative paragraph 5.

383. The observers for Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic, as the concerned countries, made statements in relation to the draft resolution.

384. Statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of Canada and Slovenia (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council).

385. At the request of the representative of Slovenia, a recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted, by 32 votes to 1, with 14 abstentions. The voting was as follows:

In favour: Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uruguay, Zambia;

Against: Canada;

Abstaining: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

386. At the 42nd meeting, on 28 March 2008, a statement in explanation of vote after the vote was made by Canada (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/30).