Senator KROGER (Victoria—Chief Opposition Whip in the Senate) (14:00): My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Bob Carr. Did the minister or the government give any undertakings to other countries that Australia would abstain from the vote on Palestine being given observer status at the United Nations in return for undertakings from those countries that they would vote for Australia gaining a seat on the United Nations Security Council? If so, what undertakings?