Melania Trump to Chair UN Security Council Meeting

First Lady Melania Trump is set to make history on March 2 by presiding over a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, the first time a spouse of a world leader has taken the gavel for the 15-member body. The session, titled "Children, Technology, and Education in Conflict," will highlight education's role in promoting tolerance and global peace as the United States begins its monthly rotating presidency of the council.

The United States assumes the presidency for March, following the United Kingdom in February and preceding Bahrain in April. Typically, such meetings are chaired by a nation's UN ambassador or senior official, making Trump's involvement a departure from standard practice. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz is expected to attend, along with other Security Council members and international participants. The council includes five permanent members, the United States, China, France, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom, plus 10 non-permanent members elected for two-year terms, such as Colombia, Denmark, Greece, Latvia, Liberia, Pakistan, Panama, Somalia, Bahrain, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.