"The US stands with all of the children throughout the world. I hope soon peace will be yours. A nation that makes learning sacred protects its books, its language, its science and its mathematics. It protects its future."
"Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's ambassador to the UN, had earlier called it deeply shameful and hypocritical for Washington to convene a meeting on protecting children in conflict while simultaneously launching airstrikes on Iranian cities."
"She also made the case for artificial intelligence to be looked at as the new great equalizer, urging the council to connect everyone to knowledge through AI, including those in the most remote geographic regions of our world."
Melania Trump made history as the first spouse of a sitting world leader to preside over the UN Security Council, leading a session titled Children, Technology and Education in Conflict. She emphasized education's fundamental role in preventing conflict and advocated for artificial intelligence as an equalizer to connect remote populations to knowledge. The meeting occurred days after Iranian state media reported an airstrike killed at least 165 people at a girls' school in southern Iran. Iran's UN ambassador criticized the US for convening a child protection meeting while simultaneously conducting airstrikes on Iranian cities. The White House selected Trump based on her known focus on child welfare, with the US holding the council's rotating monthly presidency.
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