It sounds like it's an OSCE treaty requirement, but just why the State Dept. had to time it with the obnoxious Democratic UN request, I don't know.
A great number of people on this forum who are informed on the sovereignty issue and border invasion inevitably come to this exact same conclusion. People are not as gullible and naive as the paid pundits and political operatives (hacks) think.
Our founders repeatedly warned us of corruption within govt and taught us that 'patriotism' is NOT blind allegiance to a politcal party or candidate. I will post some of these quotes, if anyone is interested.