Trump Pulls US From 66 Global Organizations
The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building in February 2022 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
The Trump administration plans to withdraw the United States from dozens of international organizations, including the United Nations Population Fund and a UN treaty that underpins international climate negotiations, marking a further step away from global cooperation.
President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 international organizations, agencies, and commissions, according to the Associated Press. A White House statement posted on social media said Trump had directed his administration to review U.S. participation in and funding for all international organizations, including those connected to the United Nations.
Most of the affected entities are UN-related agencies, commissions, and advisory bodies that focus on climate, labor, and other issues the administration has described as promoting diversity and what it characterizes as “woke” initiatives, according to a partial list obtained by the AP. In a statement, the State Department said the administration determined that many of these institutions are “redundant in their scope, mismanaged, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, captured by the interests of actors advancing their own agendas contrary to our own, or a threat to our nation’s sovereignty, freedoms, and general prosperity.”
The administration has previously suspended support for organizations such as the World Health Organization, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees known as UNRWA, the UN Human Rights Council, and the UN cultural agency UNESCO. This approach reflects a selective strategy toward paying U.S. dues to the United Nations, with funding directed only to operations the administration says align with President Trump’s agenda.
The shift represents a significant departure from how past Republican and Democratic administrations have engaged with the UN and has contributed to staffing and program reductions at the world body, which is already undergoing internal reforms. “I think what we’re seeing is the crystallization of the U.S. approach to multilateralism, which is ‘my way or the highway,’” said Daniel Forti, head of UN affairs at the International Crisis Group.
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