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UNITED NATIONS – With a mock security passport calling her "New Zealand's first baby", Neve Te Aroha, 3 months, made her UN debut on Monday when her mother, Premier Jacinda Ardern General Assembly.
Her partner Clarke Gayford, who is the baby's full-time babysitter, met with the New Zealand delegation and held Neve to speak at Ardern. Ardern, 38, is only the second elected leader to give birth during his tenure after Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto in 1990.
Gayford posted a photo of Neve's safety pass on Monday for the annual World Leaders Rally in New York this week.
He added: "I would have liked to capture the surprised look on a Japanese delegation within the UN yesterday, who entered a meeting room in the middle of a diaper change. Super wire for his 21st birthday. "
Ardern is the youngest premier of her country and the first to take maternity leave during her tenure.
The United Nations was delighted to see Baby Neve in the General Assembly Hall, said UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric.
"Prime Minister Ardern shows that no one is better qualified to represent his country than a working mother. Only 5% of world leaders are women. We must welcome them as easily as possible, "he said.
