Palestinian Authority set to run UN General Assembly presidency candidate

(JNS) — The United States opposes the candidacy of the Palestinian Authority for the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly.

Riyad Mansour, the authority’s longtime “permanent observer” to the global body, is mounting a bid to helm the assembly presidency in 2026-27, despite the authority holding non-state “observer” status.

The 22-member, U.N. Arab Group, which passed the nomination onto the 55-member Asia Pacific Group, backs the nomination. The latter group holds the rotating slot for the presidency in two years, based on regional rotation, and no other candidates have emerged so...