Stonewall Inn bartender Fredd Tree, left, talks about the bar’s famous history in the gay rights movement as United States U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power, right, listens, Thursday, June 16, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

NEW YORK — US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power led a delegation of fellow diplomats to hold a meeting at the historic Stonewall Inn in New York on Thursday.

The group comprised members of the “LGBT Core Group” at the UN — a collection of 18 countries that work on LGBT issues at the global body.

We couldn’t think of a more symbolic place a few days after the monstrous attack in Orlando than this one – Samantha Power.

“We couldn’t think of a more symbolic place a few days after the monstrous attack in Orlando than this one,” Power said. “I think as we grieve with the families of those who were taken in such a horrifying way Saturday night, and as we stand in solidarity with the LGBTI community here in the United States, we’re also really motivated as a group because all around the world, on any given day, there are people who don’t know that day will be their last.”