Nikki haley
UN Security Council calls emergency meeting over Ukraine: Haley
The meeting was requested by both Russia and Ukraine, diplomatic sources told AFP.
Haley (46) is the latest in a long line of high-profile departures from the Trump administration.
Trump accepted the resignation, Axios news site reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
Addressing the UN Security Council, Nikki Haley said “the world can no longer avoid the difficult truth of what happened.”
The Security Council demanded a 30-day ceasefire across Syria in a unanimously adopted 24 February resolution.
Washington has been roiled by sexual misconduct scandals, with accusations leading to the resignations last week of three members of Congress.
A resolution needs nine votes in favour and no vetoes by the United States, France, Russia, Britain or China to be adopted.
Trump’s speech on Tuesday at the UN General Assembly will be his highest profile opportunity to explain his foreign policy vision couched in his America First agenda.
Donald Trump praised Nikki Haley as having ‘a proven track record of bringing people together regardless of background’.