The resolution was supported by 24 countries, which included the US, 13 EU and EU aspirant member countries which vote as a block (Austria, Czech Rep., Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Spain, Rep. Moldova, Romania, Switzerland and USA), as well as by Argentina, Benin, Chile, Costa Rica, Gabon, Guatemala, India, Ivory Coast, Libya Peru, Rep of Korea, Sierra Leone supported the resolution.

Commenting on the vote, Minister of Plantation Industries and Special Envoy of the President on Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe said, by this vote, it becomes evident that the Council is divided over the issue of Sri Lanka. The countries who have voted for Sri Lanka were conscious about the progress that Sri Lanka has made over the years and has expressed its serious opposition to this highly selective and arbitrary process, which contravenes the founding principles of the Human Rights Council. They also voiced that the resolution 19/2 is ill conceived and unwarranted, the Minister added.