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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

237. At the 40th meeting, on 27 March 2008, the representative of Norway introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.23, sponsored by Norway and co-sponsored by Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Uruguay. Subsequently, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and Uganda joined the sponsors.

238. At the same meeting, the representative of Norway orally revised the draft resolution by modifying the title of the resolution and operative paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

239. 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).

240. Statements in connection with the draft resolution were made by the representatives of Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Pakistan and the Russian Federation.

241. The draft resolution as orally revised was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/8).