51.   The resolution was sponsored by the European Union.

52.   The resolution was sponsored primarily by the United States and Latin America with Russia, Pakistan, South Africa and the Philippines among the chief sponsors.

53.   The United States agreed to the measure and sponsored the resolution after its tough line on Iraq sanctions came under increasing fire at home and abroad in recent months.

54.   The United States is also sponsoring a resolution to double the amount of spare parts Iraq can buy through the program that is expected to be approved this week.

55.   The United States plans to sponsor a resolution condemning the crackdown for the U.N. Human Rights Commission meeting that began this week.

56.   This year, no country could be found to sponsor a resolution despite reports of rising executions, the clampdown on the Falun Gong spiritual movement and Muslim minorities.

57.   Uruguay sponsored a resolution targeting Cuba that was passed Friday by the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva.

58.   Following a split among European Union members, Denmark has taken on the responsibility of sponsoring the resolution condemning human rights violations in China.

59.   A BJP sponsored resolution seeking the recall of Bhandari said he had violated constitutional niceties by publicly contradicting the home minister.

60.   Denmark decided to sponsor the resolution after the EU was unable to agree on a joint position on the annual human rights debate.