{"id":447622,"date":"2026-02-27T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/447622\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:00:08","slug":"melania-trump-to-lead-un-security-council-session-white-house-says-melania-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/447622\/","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump to lead UN security council session, White House says | Melania Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melania Trump is set to lead a session of the United Nations<\/a> security council on Monday, coinciding with the US assuming the body\u2019s rotating monthly presidency, the White House announced.<\/p>\n

According to a statement<\/a>, first cited by CNN, the first lady plans to spotlight education as a tool for fostering tolerance and promoting global peace at the global body, which has its headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n

The session, titled Children, Technology, and Education in Conflict, will mark the first time the first lady to a sitting US president has presided over the 15-member council, and kicks off the first session to mark the United States\u2019 latest stint presiding.<\/p>\n

The White House said: \u201cMrs Trump\u2019s leadership will mark the first time a sitting US first lady presides over the security council, as members consider education, technology, peace, and security.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2 March meeting is expected to include the US ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, fellow security council representatives and other international participants.<\/p>\n

Waltz said on social media<\/a>: \u201cWe are thrilled to have @Flotus gavel in the US Presidency of the Security Council.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melania Trump has also focused on efforts to secure the return of children allegedly taken by Russia since its invasion of Ukraine<\/a> in 2022. She announced in October that some Ukrainian children seized by Russians had been reunited with their families<\/a>, a cause she has supported during her husband\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n

Typically, security council meetings are chaired by a nation\u2019s UN ambassador or a senior cabinet official. While former first ladies such as Eleanor Roosevelt held influential positions within the UN \u2013 Roosevelt helped draft the universal declaration of human rights<\/a> \u2013 none have presided over council meetings while serving as first lady.<\/p>\n

The move unfolds amid Donald Trump\u2019s hostile approach to the UN. He has often labeled the organization as \u201cineffective\u201d and called for sweeping changes, while also withdrawing the US from several UN-affiliated agencies<\/a>, including the World Health Organization and the UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC), a foundational international agreement<\/a> to address the climate crisis.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the Trump administration had cut funding for UN entities<\/a> working with Palestinian refugees, calling it an \u201cirredeemably flawed operation\u201d.<\/p>\n

Last week, Trump held the inaugural gathering<\/a> of his \u201cboard of peace<\/a>\u201d, viewed widely as the president\u2019s attempted alternative to the UN. The initiative, which he says is intended to settle international disputes, has given numerous global leaders pause as they worry the nascent body could serve to supplant the UN.<\/p>\n

Reuters contributed reporting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melania Trump is set to lead a session of the United Nations security council on Monday, coinciding with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-447622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}