United Nations - With a mock security
pass that lists her as the "First Baby" of New Zealand,
3-month-old Neve Te Aroha made her United Nations debut on
Monday when her mother - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern - spoke
at a peace summit in the General Assembly.
Her partner Clarke Gayford, who is the baby's full-time
caregiver, sat with the New Zealand delegation and held Neve as
Ardern spoke. Ardern, 38, is only the second elected leader to
give birth while in office, after Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto in
1990.
Gayford posted a photo on Twitter earlier on Monday of
Neve's security pass for the annual gathering of world leaders
in New York this week.
Because everyone on twitter's been asking to see Neve's UN id, staff here whipped one up.
I wish I could have captured the startled look on a Japanese delegation inside UN yesterday who walked into a meeting room in the middle of a nappy change.
Great yarn for her 21st. pic.twitter.com/838BI96VYX
— Clarke Gayford (@NZClarke) September 24, 2018
He added: "I wish I could have captured the startled look on
a Japanese delegation inside U.N. yesterday who walked into a
meeting room in the middle of a nappy change. Great yarn for her
21st (birthday)."
Ardern is her country's youngest premier and the first to
take maternity leave while in office.
The United Nations was delighted to see baby Neve in the
General Assembly hall, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
"Prime Minister Ardern is showing that no one is better
qualified to represent her country than a working mother. Just
5 percent of the world's leaders are women, so we need to make
them as welcome here as possible," he said.