The U.N. General Assembly elected Germany's former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock as the next president in a secret-ballot vote demanded by Russia. Baerbock received 167 votes, almost double the 88 needed to win, while high-ranking German diplomat Helga Schmid received 7 write-in votes and 14 countries abstained.
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