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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

257. At the 40th meeting, on 27 March 2008, the representative of Uruguay introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.35, sponsored by Uruguay and co-sponsored by Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Timor-Leste, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). Subsequently, Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, the Maldives, Monaco, Morocco, Panama, Serbia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey joined the sponsors.

258. At the same meeting, the representative of Uruguay orally revised the draft resolution by modifying operative paragraphs 2, 3 and 4.

259. 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).

260. The draft resolution was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/13).