US EditionMelania Trump to Chair UN Security Council Amid US War on Iran
Melania Trump will lead the UN Security Council meeting on education's role in tolerance and peace, marking the first time a First Lady has chaired amid US-Iran tensions.
- 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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Laminute.infoThe meeting of the Security Council took place against the backdrop of strikes against Iran, with Tehran accusing Washington of two speeches on child protection.
'Peace does not need to be fragile': Melania Trump chairs UNSC meeting amid Iran strikes
U.S. first lady Melania Trump chaired a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on children and education in conflict on Monday (March 2), two days after U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel launched attacks on Iran that prompted a U.N. warning about child safety. It was the first time a spouse of any serving world leader has chaired a meeting of the 15-member Security Council, the U.N. body charged with maintaining international peace …
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avisendanmark.dkFor the first time ever, a spouse of a serving world leader has chaired a meeting of the UN Security Council.
The First Lady of the United States has pleaded at the UN the cause of child victims of war, while her husband Donald Trump is engaged in an armed conflict against Iran
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