First Lady urged international community to support children's technology and education mission at the 2025 UN General Assembly

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The article reports on First Lady Melania Trump’s initiative to promote artificial intelligence (AI) literacy among American children, delivered through a nationwide program in partnership with Zoom Communications. In remarks branded around the "Age of Imagination," she urged students to use AI as a tool for creative exploration and career development while warning against relying on it as a shortcut or replacement for human thinking. Zoom CEO Eric Yuan highlighted the importance of AI safety and ethical use in education. The First Lady also announced that she will host the inaugural “Fostering the Future Together” meeting at the White House this spring, following her call at the 2025 UN General Assembly for global cooperation on empowering children with technology and education.
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Multiple independent reports confirm that First Lady Melania Trump used her 2025 appearance at the United Nations during the 80th General Assembly to launch an international initiative focused on children, technology, and education, and to invite global participation. A White House transcript of her UNGA remarks (from September 23, 2025) states she launched “Fostering the Future Together, a global coalition of nations committed to enhancing the well‑being of children through the promotion of education, innovation, and technology,” with membership drawn from spouses or equivalents of heads of government, to be implemented in their respective countries. UPI’s coverage of the same speech notes that she announced a global initiative at the UN General Assembly to improve children’s well‑being “through education, innovation and technology,” and describes the coalition as involving international partners who will implement its goals locally. Other reputable outlets likewise report that the initiative was announced at UNGA 2025 as a global coalition inviting nations to participate in a mission centered on children, technology, and education.

Verdict: True, because contemporaneous official and independent reports show that at the 2025 UN General Assembly she launched a global coalition and explicitly framed it as an international mission to improve children’s well‑being through technology and education, effectively calling on other nations to join that effort.

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  1. Update · Jan 17, 2026, 02:08 AMTrue
    Multiple independent reports confirm that First Lady Melania Trump used her 2025 appearance at the United Nations during the 80th General Assembly to launch an international initiative focused on children, technology, and education, and to invite global participation. A White House transcript of her UNGA remarks (from September 23, 2025) states she launched “Fostering the Future Together, a global coalition of nations committed to enhancing the well‑being of children through the promotion of education, innovation, and technology,” with membership drawn from spouses or equivalents of heads of government, to be implemented in their respective countries. UPI’s coverage of the same speech notes that she announced a global initiative at the UN General Assembly to improve children’s well‑being “through education, innovation and technology,” and describes the coalition as involving international partners who will implement its goals locally. Other reputable outlets likewise report that the initiative was announced at UNGA 2025 as a global coalition inviting nations to participate in a mission centered on children, technology, and education. Verdict: True, because contemporaneous official and independent reports show that at the 2025 UN General Assembly she launched a global coalition and explicitly framed it as an international mission to improve children’s well‑being through technology and education, effectively calling on other nations to join that effort.
  2. Original article · Jan 16, 2026

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