Palestinian UN ambassador withdraws General Assembly vice presidency bid after US pressure

Palestinian UN ambassador withdraws General Assembly vice presidency bid after US pressure Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour is withdrawing his bid for vice president of the UN General Assembly after the US threatened to revoke visas for the Palestinian delegation if he did not drop the bid, NPR reported. Citing a source familiar with the matter, the report said Lebanon's ambassador is taking Mansour's place after the Palestinian UN delegation relayed through an Arab country that Mansour will refrain from running for a vice presidential position for the next two years. The spokesperson of the president of the UN General Assembly, La Neice Collins, confirmed the Palestinian delegation's withdrawal.