First daughter Ivanka Trump on Friday visited the United Nations in New York to meet with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Trump, who is an advisor to the president, met with Guterres at U.N. headquarters for lunch, the Associated Press reported.

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Guterres strongly opposed President Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the global Paris Climate Accord last month.



And U.N. officials have criticized Trump’s proposed $1 billion cuts to U.N. peacekeeping programs.

The president’s daughter came under fire for briefly sitting in for her father during the G-20 summit earlier this month, with critics questioning why she would do so when she was not elected to a public office or qualified to stand in as a head of state. Though she is an official advisor to the president, a cabinet official would usually stand in if the president needs to step out.

U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley has said in the past that Ivanka “sees herself as part of a public service family and does not want to waste this time by not putting forward some effort to try and help the world."