Overview

• As UN General Assembly president, Annalena Baerbock is overseeing the weeklong debate in New York with roughly 150 heads of state and government slated to speak.
• She urged creation of an independent, viable Palestinian state alongside Israel and called a two-state outcome the only sustainable path to peace, as France and Saudi Arabia convened a revival meeting that Israel and the United States skipped.
• Germany is increasing support to the Palestinian Authority by €30 million and says any formal recognition would come at the end of a process that should start now, according to Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul.
• Key items before the UN include a possible snapback to reimpose Iran sanctions this week absent progress on its nuclear obligations and a Security Council session on Estonia’s complaint over alleged Russian airspace violations, which Moscow denies.
• Berlin is using the UN gathering to promote its 2027–28 Security Council bid, and Baerbock says she will help steer selection of the next UN chief but will not seek the job and would welcome a woman in the post.