US EditionMelania Trump to Chair UN Security Council Amid US War on Iran
Melania Trump presided over the UN Security Council's first lady-led session amid US-Iran conflict, highlighting children's education and peace during escalating regional violence.
- On March 2, U.S. First Lady Melania Trump presided over the United Nations Security Council meeting on Children, Technology, and Education in Conflict as the United States joined Israel in attacking Iran.
- The U.S. holds the Security Council's rotating presidency for March, which allows it to set meeting agendas, and Monday's session was scheduled before the war began on Saturday.
- U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric noted that the First Lady arrived at U.N. headquarters, was greeted by António Guterres, shook hands with 15 Security Council members, and said `the US stands with all of the children throughout the world. I hope soon peace will be yours`.
- Iranian state media reported a Saturday airstrike hit a girls' school in southern Iran, killing at least 165 people, while the U.S. military said it was looking into the reports.
- After the president announced last week $10 billion for the Board of Peace, the U.S. still owes $4 billion to the UN, raising financial collapse fears.
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Melania Trump chaired a meeting of the Security Council while Trump was conducting military strikes in Iran.
The United States first lady presided over the UN Security Council on Monday, which the United States presides over during the month of March.
The First Lady made no mention of the war, but she did extend her condolences "to families who have lost their heroes"
To the general surprise, Melania Trump chaired a UN Security Council on Monday, March 2. Donald Trump's wife pleaded the cause of child victims of armed conflict around the world. This is a first for the wife or husband of a head of state. - "The United States is at the side of all children": Melania Trump chairs a Security Council, a first at the UN (International).
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