Overview
- Melania Trump presided over the March 2 Security Council session in New York, becoming the first spouse of a serving world leader to chair the body.
- The meeting, titled “Children, Technology, and Education in Conflict,” centered on safeguarding learning and access to technology, with Trump stating, “The U.S. stands with all of the children throughout the world.”
- Iran’s UN envoy alleged a strike on a girls’ school in Minab killed large numbers of students; Israel said it was not aware of strikes there and the U.S. military said it was reviewing the reports.
- UNICEF and senior UN officials cautioned that the widening conflict poses severe dangers to children and echoed calls for an immediate halt to hostilities.
- The United States holds the Council’s rotating presidency for March and scheduled the session before the weekend strikes; Trump offered condolences to families of fallen U.S. service members as Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would not deliberately target a school.