♦ Germany’s former foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock elected as the next president of the United Nations General Assembly.

♦ She got 167 votes out of 193 in a secret ballot.

♦ Baerbock replaces Cameroon’s Philemon Yang and will begin her one-year term in September, leading the assembly during key events, including the annual world leaders’ meeting and the UN’s 80th anniversary.

♦ She also becomes the first woman from the Western European group to hold the post and the fifth woman overall to lead the General Assembly.

♦ The presidency rotates among the world body’s five regional groups.

♦ Germany had originally nominated diplomat Helga Schmid but switched to Baerbock after she lost her ministerial role in Germany’s recent election.