The US Senate approved Mike Waltz, a previous White House national security adviser, as the United States ambassador to the United Nations, filling an eight-month gap in the role.
The approval was by a vote of 47-43, clearing the way for Waltz to attend next week's UN General Assembly in New York, where President Donald Trump will deliver an address to the gathering on Tuesday, reported Xinhua news agency.
During his Senate confirmation hearing earlier this summer, Waltz stressed the need for reform at the UN, citing a need to examine US funding and take steps to eradicate anti-Semitism within the organization, NBC News reported.
Waltz had been Trump's national security adviser since January but resigned after inadvertently cc'ing a reporter on a private Signal group with senior national security officials, where a planned strike against Yemen was discussed in March.
President Trump on March 27 pulled the nomination of Republican Elise Stefanik from New York for the UN ambassadorship. Waltz was nominated by Trump in May.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, former US ambassador to the UN, left the post on January 20 when Trump became president.
Democrats Senators John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Mark Kelly of Arizona, and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire supported Waltz. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky was the sole Republican to reject the nomination.
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