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342. At the 42nd meeting, on 28 March 2008, the representative of Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.36, sponsored by Slovenia and co sponsored by Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. Subsequently, Australia, Iceland, Moldova, Panama, Peru and the Republic of Korea joined the sponsors.

343. At the same meeting, the representative of Slovenia (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council) orally revised the draft resolution by modifying the second, third and fifth preambular paragraphs and operative paragraphs 1, 2, 3 (a), (c) and (e), and by deleting the sixth preambular paragraph and incorporating the text into the fifth preambular paragraph.

344. Statements in connection with the draft resolution were made by the representatives of Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Russian Federation and Sri Lanka.

345. The observer for Myanmar, as the concerned country, made a statement in relation to the draft resolution.

346. A statement in explanation of vote before the vote was made by the representative of India.

347. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote.

348. At the 43rd meeting, on 1 April 2008, general comments in connection with the adoption of the resolution were made by the representatives of Thailand and the United States of America (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/31).