How the Resolution was Passed at the UNHRC
The Resolution was sponsored by United States of America.
41 countries were co-sponsors of the resolution. Not all co-sponsors were current members of the UNHRC:
Current Member Countries:
Austria, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Czech Republic
Non-Member Countries:
Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom
Total Current Members of the UNHRC in 2013:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/CurrentMembers.aspx
25 countries voted in favor of the resolution:
Argentina, Austria, Benin, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast Libya, Montenegro, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Sierra Leone, Spain, Switzerland, United States of America
13 countries voted against the resolution:
Congo, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kuwait, Maldives, Mauritania, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela
8 countries abstained:
Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malaysia
One country not attended:
Gabon
See Fulltext of the Resolution 2013
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