US EditionMelania Trump to Chair UN Security Council Amid US War on Iran
Melania Trump will make history as the first first lady to chair the UN Security Council during the US-led military campaign against Iran, highlighting education's role in peace.
- On Monday, March 2, First Lady Melania Trump presided over a UN Security Council meeting, announced last week before the US's war against Iran, as the US holds the Council presidency.
- Washington recently paid $160 million into the UN budget, amid mounting US-UN tensions and UN's over $4 billion debt, with recent tensions rising in recent years.
- Amid regional attacks, Melania Trump has previously engaged in diplomacy, notably working to try to secure the release of Ukrainian children, and her office framed her UN Security Council appearance around education and peace.
- At the meeting, the US criticized the UN, with Daniel Forti warning `diplomats will be aware of the contradictions in the US promoting a meeting about children, education and peace mere months after it boycotted UN offices working on similar topics`.
- The White House has pursued parallel initiatives to the UN, including the 'Board of Peace,' which held its inaugural session in Washington last month, with several countries pledging funds and personnel to rebuild Gaza.
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Two days after US-Israeli attacks in Iran resulted in the bombing of a girls' elementary school, killing at least 168 students, US First Lady Melania Trump chaired a United Nations Security Council meeting today, promoting "peace through education," CNN reports.
Melania Trump makes history presiding over UN Security Council — remarking on Iran war deaths
Melania Trump, in a historic first, gaveled the UN Security Council meeting into order on Monday but her message for the world’s children was overshadowed by the president’s attack on Iran.
The first lady of the United States, Melania Trump, defended the cause of children caught in conflict during her first meeting as president of the UN Security Council this Monday, as the war in the Middle East intensified.
According to the United Nations, this is the first time that the wife or husband of a president-in-office in the world has chaired such a meeting.
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