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Berlin/New York-Former German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is the new President of the UN General Assembly. Baerbock received on Monday morning in a secret vote 167 of the 174 votes cast. The German diplomat Helga Schmid, who was originally supposed to be nominated by Berlin, was seven votes. Baerbock’s nomination through the outgoing red-green German government was extremely controversial, and internationally, she also met criticized.
