U.S. President Donald Trump ¡°sees great promise in the United Nations if it focuses on its founding mission of international peace and security,¡± his nominee to be ambassador told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.

Elise Stefanik, a member of the House of Representatives, is expected to be confirmed by the Senate as ambassador to the 193-member world body, a position that will be part of Trump¡¯s Cabinet for his second term in office, which began on Monday.

¡°If confirmed, I will work to ensure that our mission to the United Nations serves the interests of the American people and represents President Trump¡¯s America First peace-through-strength foreign policy,¡± she said.