Overview
- As President of the UN General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock posted a short Instagram video from New York featuring autumn scenes, including Central Park.
- The video opens with a line from “Gossip Girl” before Baerbock pivots to her message about the UN’s workload in the coming weeks.
- She explains that from October through the end of November diplomats from all 193 member states work in the six main committees to draft resolutions for the General Assembly.
- Comments under the post show an immediate split, with praise and heart emojis from supporters contrasted by sharp criticism calling the clips embarrassing or self‑promotional.
- Some detractors used the moment to question her path to the UNGA role by invoking Germany’s earlier plan to put forward diplomat Helga Schmid, while others noted this follows her prior “Sex and the City” allusion.