Irish-born US Ambassador Samantha Power becomes sole woman on UN Security Council

The number of women diplomats at the United Nations has always been low and for the last 70 years only a few have gotten seats on the Security Council.

In 2014, there were a record six, in 2015 there were four, and today there is only one woman on the council, Irish woman and US Ambassador, Samantha Power.

With thousands of women at UN headquarters this week for the annual meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, four UN ambassadors who served on the 15-member council including Power spoke about being part of the male-dominated body and the need to put more women in the front lines on issues of international peace and security.