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409. At the 42nd meeting, on 28 March 2008, the representative of Egypt (on behalf of the Group of African States) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.14, sponsored by Egypt (on behalf of the Group of African States). Subsequently, Belarus, Guinea, Indonesia and Nicaragua joined the sponsors.

410. At the same meeting, the representative of Egypt (on behalf of the Group of

African States) orally revised the draft resolution by deleting the second and third preambular paragraphs, deleting operative paragraph 1 and replacing it with a new paragraph, modifying operative paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and inserting a new paragraph after operative paragraph 3.

411. 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 implication of the draft resolution.

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

413. At the request of the representative of Slovenia (on behalf of members of the European Union), a recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted, by 34 votes, with 13 abstentions. The voting was as follows:

In favour: Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, 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;

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

414. A statement in explanation of vote after the vote was made by Brazil (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/33).