Did UN General Assembly vote to relocate its September session from New York to Geneva? Fact Check
Claim : United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted to relocate its September session from New York to Geneva after the U.S. refused visas to the Palestinian delegation.
Conclusion : This claim is totally false. The 80th UNGA session proceeded as scheduled in New York, opening on September 9, 2025 and no vote occurred.
Rating : Totally false– 
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Several social media users claimed that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted to relocate its September session from New York to Geneva. Verified X user ‘timand2037’ shared such a claim with a part of the caption : “There is a scheduled September segment dedicated to Palestinian rights”
The post includes an image with the headline “UN Assembly Moves to Geneva After U.S. Bars Palestinian Delegation”. It gained around 24,000 likes and over 717,000 views which can be viewed here.
UN General Assembly votes to move its September session from New York to Geneva after Washington refuses visas to the Palestinian delegation. There is a scheduled September segment dedicated to Palestinian rights. https://t.co/tD1rYr9hOY pic.twitter.com/h70KV3cJmL
— tim anderson (@timand2037) September 7, 2025
Several other users shared such a claim which can be found here and here
UN General Assembly is moving to Geneva by a vote of 154 to 2.
📌 Desire is for the PA to request a protective force which would bypass the Security Council and a US Veto pic.twitter.com/D8OKkeRQ4K
— KHAL (@Hal9000_T1) September 5, 2025
FACT CHECK
DigitEYE India decided to investigate this claim and discovered that it is false. The 80th UNGA session proceeded as scheduled in New York, opening on September 9, 2025. While the U.S. did deny visas to Palestinian officials, prompting calls for relocation, no vote occurred to move the assembly.
The UN Spokesperson clarifies on X platform that there was no such vote in the General Assembly. See the post below.
📢 We’ve seen recently a high volume of misinformation regarding moving the General Assembly’s high-level session out of New York.
The UN Spokesperson clarifies that there was no such vote in the General Assembly & we are not aware of any preparations being made in that regard.
— UN Spokesperson (@UN_Spokesperson) September 8, 2025
We also checked an official report published by the United Nations confirms that the UNGA’s 80th session opened in New York on September 9, 2025. The report clearly states how the “President of the 80th session, H.E. Annalena Baerbock, opened the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 9 September 2025, at 3pm (local time in New York).”
📢 Annalena Baerbock @UN_PGA was sworn in on 9 Sep. as President of the 80th session of 🇺🇳#UNGA in NY.
Guided by #BetterTogether, she will work with all 193 Member States to foster unity in challenging times & strengthen the @UN for today, for tomorrow & for generations to come. pic.twitter.com/Df3btbiFf3
— UN DESA DISD (@UNDESASocial) September 12, 2025
Another report published by the Anadolu Ajansı News states how the UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric mentioned that no vote took place and there were no plans to move. According to Dujarric, he was “not aware of any preparations being made to move the General Assembly high-level session out of New York,” View a snippet from the report below –
On the other hand, an article published by Al Jazeera confirmed the gathering began in New York. View a snippet from the article below –
Thus, while visa denials were an issue with the Palestinian delegation, there is no such confirmation of relocation. The UNGA’s 80th session has already opened in New York and no such vote has taken place.
Hence the claim is totally false.
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