Germany's former Foreign Minister Baerbock appointed president of United Nations General Assembly

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Germany's former Foreign Minister Baerbock appointed president of United Nations General Assembly  The former German foreign minister will be the president of the United Nation's General Assembly for a period of one year  — despite backlash in Berlin.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/02/germanys-baerbock-appointed-president-of-united-nations-general-assembly  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Germany's former foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, was appointed president of the United

00:06Nations General Assembly on Monday following an election in which she ran unopposed. Baerbock,

00:12who was elected to the position with a simple majority, will fill the top job at the Assembly,

00:18a role of primarily ceremonial significance. The role which she will hold for one year largely

00:24involves organizing plenary sessions among the UN's 193 represented countries. Russia,

00:31which was opposed to Baerbock's nomination, asked for a secret ballot on Monday, but the vote was

00:37considered a formality in the run-up to her election. Baerbock will be inaugurated on the 9th

00:43of September, shortly before the UN General Assembly holds its general debate.

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