On September 26, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric affirmed: "Such a statement is unacceptable. We have seen the United Nations as a target in pain. We have lost our friends in Baghdad ( Iraq), I have seen it myself step through the rubble in Algiers ( Algeria) and my colleague in Abuja (Nigeria) was also a victim, Dujarric added.
The host Jesse Watters later apologized in private to Ms. Melissa Fleming, Head of the United Nations Global Communications Department, after the agency contacted Fox News about the statement on the program broadcast on September 23.
Fox News has not yet commented.
Watters made the above comment while discussing US President Donald Trump's speech at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23. At the time, Mr. Trump complained about the escalator suddenly stopping after he and First Lady Melania stepped up, and the problem with the memory card not working.
We need to either leave the United Nations or bomb it. Poison gas can even be used. We need to destroy it, Watters said.
According to the United Nations, the escalator incident was likely due to a filming of the White House that accidentally activated the safety mechanism. The typewriter also has problems, but is operated by the White House.
Mr. Dujarric emphasized that the United Nations maintained the preliminary conclusion on the facilities at the headquarters and shared with the US side.
This week, nearly 150 heads of state and government leaders delivered an annual speech to the 193-member United Nations General Assembly in strict security conditions.
