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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:
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