"Now she will take up her post after having left her seat in the Bundestag. A position without much publicity The former Green Party co-leader and chancellor candidate will chair and manage meetings at the UN for the next year. It's a job that doesn't come with much public exposure. Baerbock will hold a lot of closed-door talks on issues to be discussed in the assembly."
"According to diplomats, this procedure had been requested by Russia and was interpreted as a small act of malice, because as foreign minister, Baerbock had always openly criticized Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. In the end, she received 167 of 193 possible votes at the UN's headquarters in New York. Now she will take up her post after having left her seat in the Bundestag."
Annalena Baerbock lost her German government post but was elected president of the UN General Assembly on June 2 by secret ballot. Diplomats said Russia requested the secret ballot, which was interpreted as a small act of malice because Baerbock had openly criticized Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. She received 167 of 193 votes. Baerbock will leave the Bundestag and chair and manage UN General Assembly meetings for a year, conduct many closed-door talks, and help prepare the election of the next UN Secretary-General.
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