ARSENAL defender Leah Williamson was set to become the first England women’s footballer to address the United Nations last night at the Sustainability Development Goals Summit in New York on Tuesday.

The 26-year-old, who captained the Lionesses to the European Championship title last summer, was due to speak about her visit to Za’atari in Jordan, the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world, as part of the Coaching for Life programme jointly run by Arsenal and Save the Children.

Williamson was forced to miss this summer’s World Cup, where the Lionesses finished runners-up, after rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament in April and was able to combine the recovery process with charitable work.