“For the United States, ‘protecting children’ and ‘maintaining international peace and security’ clearly mean something very different from what the U.N. Charter provides,” he told reporters. U.N. political chief Rosemary DiCarlo said the world body was aware of the reports of the deaths at the girls’ school. She noted the impact the U.S.-Israeli strikes and the retaliatory strikes was having on children across the region.
“We have been reminded of this truth over the last two days,” she told the Security Council. “Schools in Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman have closed and moved to remote learning owing to the ongoing military operations in the region,” she said. Melania Trump was the first spouse of a world leader to take the president’s seat at the United Nations’ most powerful body, which is charged with ensuring global peace and security, according to the U.N.
