E/2010/27 E/CN.6/2010/11 89. At the 20th meeting, on 12 March, the representative of Namibia, on behalf of the sponsors, further orally revised the draft resolution. 90. Subsequently, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Canada, the Comoros, the Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Mongolia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Niger, Nigeria, Portugal, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey and Uruguay joined in sponsoring the draft resolution, as further orally revised. 91. At the same meeting, the Secretary stated that, in view of the extensive oral revisions to the draft resolution, the Secretariat reserved its position in respect of any potential programme budget implications to which its adoption might give rise. 92. Also at the 20th meeting, the Commission adopted draft resolution E/CN.6/2010/L.2/Rev.1, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. D, resolution 54/2). 94 93. After the adoption of the draft resolution, a statement was made by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 94. At the 18th meeting, on 11 March, the representative of Azerbaijan, on behalf of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burkina Faso, the Congo, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, the Niger, the Philippines, Senegal and Turkey, introduced a draft resolution entitled “Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts” (E/CN.6/2010/L.3). Subsequently, Jordan, Kazakhstan, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. 95. At its 19th meeting, on 12 March, the Commission was informed that the draft resolution had no programme budget implications. 96. Also at its 19th meeting, the Commission adopted draft resolution E/CN.6/2010/L.3 (see chap. I, sect. D, resolution 54/3). Women’s economic empowerment 97. At the 18th meeting, on 11 March, the representative of Colombia, on behalf of Belarus, Chile, Colombia, Mongolia, Norway and Panama, introduced a draft resolution entitled “Women’s economic empowerment” (E/CN.6/2010/L.5), which read: “The Commission on the Status of Women, “Reaffirming the commitments related to women’s economic empowerment made at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in 1995 and at the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, held in 2000, __________________ 94 10-30576 After the adoption of the draft resolution, the delegation of the United Kingdom advised that it had intended to co-sponsor it, and the delegation of Egypt informed the Commission that it had not intended to do so. 71