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Trump Signs Order Withdrawing US From UN Bodies

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from several United Nations agencies, including the Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

The order also ended US support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and called for a review of US involvement in UNESCO.

White House staff secretary Will Scharf cited “anti-American bias” as the reason for the decision. The 47-member UNHRC, where the US previously held a seat, conducts global human rights reviews. The move signals a complete halt to US participation in the council’s activities.

“More generally, the executive order calls for review of American involvement and funding in the UN in light of the wild disparities and levels of funding among different countries,” said Scharf.

Trump highlighted the “tremendous potential” of the UN but said it is “not being well run.”

“It should be funded by everybody, but we’re disproportionate, as we always seem to be,” he said.

Trump has long railed against Washington’s levels of funding of multilateral bodies, calling for other countries to increase their contributions, notably at military alliance NATO.

US Cuts UNRWA Ties Amid Israeli Allegations

UNRWA, the main aid agency for Palestinians, supports 1.9 million people displaced by the Gaza war. Under Trump, Washington backed Israel’s push to ban the agency, citing accusations of spreading hate material.

US funding for UNRWA was halted in January 2024 under then-President Joe Biden after Israel alleged 12 agency staff were involved in Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack. Investigations found some “neutrality-related issues” but no proof of Israel’s main claims. While most donors restored funding, the US did not.

Trump has repeated past withdrawals from global agreements, including the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization.

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