E/2007/27 E/CN.6/2007/9 Action taken by the Commission Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 51. At the 11th meeting, on 7 March, the representative of Lesotho, on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Southern African Development Community, introduced a draft resolution entitled “Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS” (E/CN.6/2007/L.1), and orally revised the text as follows: (a) At the end of the first preambular paragraph, the words “as well as the commitments on HIV/AIDS from the 2005 World Summit” were inserted; (b) The second preambular paragraph was replaced with a new paragraph which read as follows: “Welcoming the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, adopted by the General Assembly on 2 June 2006,”. 52. At its 13th meeting, on 9 March, the Commission was informed that the draft resolution contained no programme budget implications. 53. At the same meeting, the representative of Lesotho made a statement and announced that Andorra, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, the Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Thailand had joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. Subsequently, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, the Central African Republic, Chile, the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mali, Monaco, Morocco, the Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, San Marino, Serbia, Suriname, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Uruguay joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. 54. Also at the same meeting, a statement was made by the representative of Chile. 55. At its 13th meeting, on 9 March, the Commission adopted the draft resolution on women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. D, resolution 51/1). 56. At same meeting, after the adoption of the draft resolution, statements were made by the representatives of the United States and Cuba. Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women 57. At the 11th meeting, on 7 March, the representative of Pakistan, on behalf of States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China, introduced a draft resolution entitled “Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women” (E/CN.6/2007/L.2). 58. At its 13th meeting, on 9 March, the Commission was advised that the draft resolution contained no programme budget implications. 59. At the same meeting, the representative of Pakistan orally revised the text of the draft resolution as follows: 07-28248 39