59. At the same meeting, the Commission adopted the draft resolution by a recorded vote of 36 to 1, with 7 abstentions (see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution I). The voting was as follows: In favour: Algeria, Angola, Austria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Greece, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Sudan, Swaziland, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia. Against: United States of America. Abstaining: Australia, Guinea-Bissau, Lebanon, Mali, 70/ Norway, Russian Federation, Slovakia. 60. Before the draft resolution was adopted, the representative of the United States of America made a statement; after it was adopted, statements were made by the representatives of Australia, Norway, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. 61. The observer for Palestine also made a statement. Implementation of strategic objectives and action in the critical areas of concern: poverty 62. At the 12th meeting, on 20 March, the representative of Costa Rica (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China) introduced and orally revised a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1996/L.10) entitled "Implementation of strategic objectives and action in the critical area of concern: poverty". The draft resolution read as follows: "The Commission on the Status of Women, "Recalling General Assembly resolutions 43/195 of 20 December 1988, 44/212 of 22 December 1989, 45/213 of 21 December 1990, 46/141 of 17 December 1991, 47/197 of 22 December 1992, 48/184 of 21 December 1993 and 49/110 of 19 December 1994 related to international cooperation for the eradication of poverty in developing countries, "Recalling General Assembly resolution 50/107 of 20 December 1995 on the observance of the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty and proclamation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty, "Reaffirming the importance of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing from 4 to 15 September 1995, as well as all the United Nations major conferences and summits organized since 1990, in particular the World Summit for Children, held in New York in September 1990, and the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen in March 1995, 70/ The delegation of Mali subsequently indicated that it had intended to vote in favour of the draft resolution. -62-