Watch: Austria’s foreign minister spoke in Arabic to the UN General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly, a yearly gathering of the UN’s 193 Member States in New York City to discuss international issues, can often feel rehearsed and stilted. But, once in a while, it has the power to surprise us. US president Donald Trump learned this lesson when the representatives of UN nations laughed at him during his opening statement. And yesterday (Sept. 29), Karin Kneissl, Austria’s minister for Europe, integration and foreign affairs surprised the crowd by addressing the general assembly in Arabic.