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UN General Assembly president Baerbock lays out priorities: UN reform, Security Council debate and the next secretary‑general
Summary
Annalena Baerbock, president of the 80th UN General Assembly, said her priorities for the year are UN reform to strengthen the body, advancing the long‑running Security Council reform discussions and overseeing the selection of the next secretary‑general—issues she said will test the UN’s credibility.
Annalena Baerbock, president of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, told the podcast Awake at Night that her brief, focused agenda is driven by what she called the need to keep the United Nations "not only alive, but to make it stronger." She said the session’s top priorities are institutional reform, the process to select the next secretary‑general and representing 193 member states equally.
"The most important task for every high ranking actor here is, to keep the United Nations not only alive, but to make it stronger by reforms," Baerbock said, calling the organization "under heavy pressure financially and politically." She…
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