Melania Trump to chair UN Security Council meeting
Melania Trump will break new ground as a sitting US first lady to chair the UN security council. Photo: AAP
US first lady Melania Trump will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council as the US takes over the monthly rotating presidency, the White House says.
Melania will emphasise education as a way to advance tolerance and world peace at the meeting on Monday (local time).
It will be the first time a sitting American first lady presides over the 15-member council, her office said on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump has been a vocal critic of the UN since his first White House term, saying the 198-member world body was ineffective and needed reforms.
He struck a more conciliatory tone last week at the first meeting of his Board of Peace, an initiative he said aims to resolve conflicts globally but one that many world leaders have failed to embrace amid concerns it was designed to replace the United Nations.
“The board of peace is going to almost be looking over the United Nations and making sure it runs properly,” Trump said on February 19.
“We’re going to strengthen up the United Nations. We’re going to make sure its facilities are good. … We’re going to help them money-wise, and we’re going to make sure the United Nations is viable.”
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