The action marks the first time a sitting U.S. first lady will lead the powerful body as it considers the role of education and technology in advancing peace and security.<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
The session, titled “Children, Technology, and Education in Conflict,” is scheduled for 3 p.m. at U.N. headquarters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – MARCH 02: First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, is set to lead a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on \u00e2children, technology and education in conflict\u00e2 on Monday, March 02, 2026, at the UN Headquarters, <\/p>\n
FLOTUS is expected to take the gavel alongside U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz, council members and international stakeholders.<\/p>\n
President Trump has criticized the United Nations, saying repeatedly that the 193-member world body has not lived up to its potential.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He has withdrawn the U.S. from U.N. organizations, including the World Health Organization<\/a> and the cultural agency UNESCO<\/a>, while pulling funding from dozens of others<\/a>.<\/p>\n U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric called it “a sign of the importance that the United States feels towards the Security Council and the subject.”<\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n The meeting comes after the massive weekend attack on Iran<\/a> continued to unfold, with the Islamic Republic\u2019s leadership still in limbo and President Donald Trump saying the U.S. operation could go on for weeks.<\/p>\n Trump returned to Washington after spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. He has not publicly addressed the operation in person, speaking instead through social media posts and video messages. He is scheduled to host a Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House at 11 a.m. on Monday.<\/p>\n The Source: This report is based on information from the Associated Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n Melania Trump<\/a>Donald J. Trump<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First Lady Melania Trump is set to preside over a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,1980,7391,9,24,12,63,1232,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-149846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-donald-j-trump","10":"tag-melania-trump","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-people","16":"tag-the-bronx","17":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","18":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"'Sadly](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uywa55rgh8gx6l6l.jpg\")
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