President of General Assembly to travel to India to strengthen multilateral cooperation

The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Ms. Annalena Baerbock, is travelling to India this week to strengthen multilateral cooperation on pressing global challenges.

On 28 April in India, President Baerbock will meet External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar for bilateral talks. She will also engage with representatives from India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to learn about the country’s AI regulation and governance model, and meet with the UN Country Team led by Resident Coordinator Stefan Priesner.

Her day-long programme will also include a press conference at UN House and a visit to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, before her onward trip to China.

Biography

Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected President of the General Assembly’s 80th session on 2 June 2025.

Ambassador Annalena Baerbock served as Germany’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from December 2021 until May 2025. Throughout her career she has been a strong advocate for the multilateral system, human rights, and climate policy.

She was an elected member of the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) from 2013 until June 2025. 

In 2018, she was elected co-chairperson of the Green Party and held the position of party leader until 2022. 

Prior to becoming an MP, Annalena Baerbock advised her party’s parliamentary group in the German Bundestag on matters of foreign and security policy and served as chairperson of her party in the federal state of Brandenburg. From 2005 to 2008 she worked for a Member of the European Parliament.

Annalena Baerbock 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.

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