the osce and council of europe standards for democratic elections. there were technical improvements in the administration of these elections. we did observe some irregularities in individual precincts and those concerns were noted by the osce regarding vote counted and tabulation processes in some precinct and districts. we're encouraged by the signal -- the central election commission's efforts to increase transparency and responsiveness to let perot concerned but we also agreed that significant shortcomings need to be addressed. >> earlier today, the un human rights council passed a pretty strong condemnatory resolution about the flotilla incident. among the items in this resolution is the creation of an independent fact-finding mission to go and investigate violations of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law resulting from the israeli attacks on a flotilla of the ships. i realize that you guys voted against this along with two of your stalwart allies, but it has pretty overwhelmingly. is thhs the kind of the