U.S. first lady Melania Trump will preside over a U.N. Security Council meeting in what the United Nations said Thursday would be a first.

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First Lady Melania Trump is slated to chair a UN Security Council meeting today, an appearance that was announced last week before the United States

United States First Lady Melania Trump is due to chair a UN Security Council meeting today. Her appearance was announced last week before the United States launched its war against Iran.

Monday's event will mark the first time that either a first lady – or a first gentleman – has presided over a Security Council meeting. Melania Trump has dabbled in diplomacy before, having previously tried to secure the release of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - First lady Melania Trump will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Monday as the U.S. takes over the monthly rotating presidency, the White House said.

"We are deeply alarmed at the risk of regional conflagration," Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN, told the 15-member council which met in emergency session at the request of France, China, Russia, Bahrain and Colombia on Saturday evening.

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