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UN General Assembly didn't move 80th session from NYC to Geneva over US blocking Palestinian visas
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nyc-un-general-assembly-moving-to-geneva/UN General Assembly didn't move 80th session from NYC to Geneva over US blocking Palestinian visas
However, precedent exists for such a decision.
Emery Winter
Published Sept. 9, 2025
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On Sept. 8, 2025, the United Nations posted to X (archived) that the September General Assembly meeting was going to take place at the U.N. headquarters in New York City. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the U.N.'s secretary-general, also addressed the meeting's location in a Sept. 8 press briefing.
"I've been getting a lot of questions over the weekend, and because of the high volume of misinformation regarding whether a vote had taken place in the General Assembly to move the high-level session of the General Assembly out of New York, I want to be clear that there was no such vote in the General Assembly, and that I am not aware of any preparations being made to move the General Assembly's high-level session out of New York," Dujarric said.
Dujarric then addressed "reports on the internet over the last three or four days" when asked about the Palestinian delegation during her question-and-answer session with reporters.
"Let me just, because this needs to be clear to everyone. There were reports on fake news sites over the Internet, saying that a vote had taken place in the General Assembly, saying that the session would be moved outside of New York," Dujarric said. "That is wrong. There was no vote in the General Assembly … to the point where delegations, journalists from serious organizations like yours, were calling us to confirm that there'd been a vote. So I just want to be clear there was no vote. I'm not aware of any plan afoot to move the GA session."
[...]
However, precedent exists for such a decision.
Emery Winter
Published Sept. 9, 2025
[...]
On Sept. 8, 2025, the United Nations posted to X (archived) that the September General Assembly meeting was going to take place at the U.N. headquarters in New York City. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the U.N.'s secretary-general, also addressed the meeting's location in a Sept. 8 press briefing.
"I've been getting a lot of questions over the weekend, and because of the high volume of misinformation regarding whether a vote had taken place in the General Assembly to move the high-level session of the General Assembly out of New York, I want to be clear that there was no such vote in the General Assembly, and that I am not aware of any preparations being made to move the General Assembly's high-level session out of New York," Dujarric said.
Dujarric then addressed "reports on the internet over the last three or four days" when asked about the Palestinian delegation during her question-and-answer session with reporters.
"Let me just, because this needs to be clear to everyone. There were reports on fake news sites over the Internet, saying that a vote had taken place in the General Assembly, saying that the session would be moved outside of New York," Dujarric said. "That is wrong. There was no vote in the General Assembly … to the point where delegations, journalists from serious organizations like yours, were calling us to confirm that there'd been a vote. So I just want to be clear there was no vote. I'm not aware of any plan afoot to move the GA session."
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Guess we know which side his bread is buttered on 
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