Background
The election of the President of the General Assembly for the 80th session will be held on 2 June 2025 at 10 a.m. in the General Assembly Hall, in line with Rule 30 of the Rules of Procedure.
In accordance with the established regional rotation, the President of the eightieth session of the General Assembly is to be elected from the Western European and Other States Group.
H.E. Ms. Annalena Baerbock has been nominated by Germany.
In its resolution 71/323, entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, the Assembly decided to call upon candidates for the position of President of the General Assembly to present their vision statements, and to conduct informal interactive dialogues with Member States, thus contributing to the transparency and inclusivity of the process.
The President of the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Philemon Yang will convene the informal interactive dialogue mandated in resolution 71/323 on 15 May 2025 at 10 a.m. The informal interactive dialogue will be webcast on UN Web TV.
Civil society representatives and individuals are invited to submit their questions to the candidate for the position of President of the eightieth session of the General Assembly to be answered during the interactive dialogue.
Call for Questions ended on 25 April 2025.
Candidate
H.E. Annalena Baerbock
H.E. Annalena Baerbock
Annalena Baerbock has served as Germany’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs since December 2021. In this role, she has been a strong advocate for the multilateral system with the United Nations at its core.
In 2018, she was elected Co-Chairperson of Alliance 90/The Greens and held the position of party leader until 2022. She has been an elected member of the German Bundestag since 2013.
Prior to that, she served as chairperson of her party in the federal state of Brandenburg. Before being elected to the Bundestag herself, Annalena Baerbock advised her party’s parliamentary group in the German Bundestag on matters of foreign and security policy.
From 2005 to 2008, she served as Head of Office and staff member to Member of the European Parliament Elisabeth Schroedter. Annalena Baerbock was born in Hanover on 15 December 1980.
She holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an undergraduate degree in Political Science from Hamburg University.
Vision Statement
The vision statement of H.E. Annalena Baerbock, candidate for the position of President of the eightieth session of the General Assembly is presented here in six official Languages of the United Nations:
English
French
Arabic
Chinese
Russian
Spanish
