E/2012/27 E/CN.6/2012/16 100. At the 18th meeting, on 9 March, the Commission was informed that the draft resolution had no programme budget implications. 101. At the same meeting, the representative of Angola made a statement (on behalf of the Southern African Development Community), withdrew the draft resolution, introduced, read out and circulated a new draft proposal, in English only, entitled “Women, the girl child and HIV and AIDS”, and announced that Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, the Philippines, Rwanda and Thailand had joined in sponsoring the new draft proposal. 102. Also at the same meeting, a statement was made by the representative of the United States. 103. Also at the 18th meeting, the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Guinea, Grenada, Haiti, India, Jamaica and Senegal joined in sponsoring the new draft proposal. 104. At the 18th meeting, on 9 March, the Commission adopted the draft resolution, in English only (see chap. I, sect. D, resolution 56/5). 105. Statements were made after the vote by the representatives of Italy (on behalf of the European Union), the Islamic Republic of Iran and by the observers for Australia and Chile. 12-27405 39