UN General Assembly Urged to Temporarily Move to Geneva to Circumvent US Visa Denials By Thalif Deen Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/09/un-general-assembly-urged-to-temporarily-move-to-geneva-to-circumvent-us-visa-denials/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Keralas_HumanElephant_Conflict_Time_To_Understand_a_Complex_Relationship_UN_General_Assembly_Urged_t UNITED NATIONS, Sep 1 2025 (IPS) - When Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was denied a US visa to visit New York to address the United Nations back in 1988– under the Ronald Reagan administration– the General Assembly defied the United States by temporarily moving the UN’s highest policy making body to Geneva– for the first time in UN history– providing a less-hostile political environment for the PLO leader. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved.