Trump withdraws the US from the UN climate treaty and 65 other international bodies!
President Trump signed an executive order suspending US participation in 66 UN agencies, including the UN climate treaty, marking a major withdrawal from global cooperation.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday suspending Washington's participation in dozens of UN agencies, commissions and advisory panels focused on climate, labor, migration and other issues that his administration describes as promoting "smart" initiatives.
This means the US will withdraw from 66 international organizations, including the UN climate treaty framework, marking the broadest withdrawal from global cooperation in its modern history.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the institutions were "over-reaching, mismanaged, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, captured by the interests of actors who advance their own agendas in opposition to ours, or a threat to our nation's sovereignty".
The withdrawal from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the 1992 treaty that underpins the Paris climate agreement, leaves the US as the only country outside the global climate framework. Trump, who calls climate change a hoax, withdrew from the Paris agreement shortly after returning to the White House.
Trump's latest decision drew sharp criticism from experts and former Washington officials. Gina McCarthy, a former White House national climate adviser, called the decision "short-sighted, shameful and foolish." She warned that the U.S. was losing its ability to leverage trillions of dollars in climate investment and policy.
Climate scientist Rob Jackson, who heads the Global Carbon Project that tracks global emissions, said the withdrawal "gives other nations the excuse to delay their actions and commitments" to reduce greenhouse gases.
What is the US moving away from?
The U.S. will also withdraw from the U.N. Population Fund, which provides sexual and reproductive health services worldwide. Trump cut funding to the agency during his first term over Republican accusations that it participated in forced abortion practices in China, a claim a 2022 State Department review found no evidence to support.
Other organizations on the withdrawal list include the Carbon Free Energy Pact, the United Nations University, the International Cotton Advisory Committee, the International Tropical Timber Organization, the Atlantic Partnership for Cooperation, and the International Lead and Zinc Study Group.
The administration has already suspended support for the World Health Organization, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, the UN Human Rights Council and UNESCO. It has adopted what officials describe as an “à la carte” approach to UN funding, supporting only operations aligned with Trump’s agenda. Daniel Forti, head of UN affairs at the International Crisis Group, said the approach represents “the crystallization of the US approach to multilateralism, which is ‘my way or the highway.’” The change marks a departure from how Republican and Democratic administrations have historically engaged with the UN.
The world organization has responded with staff and program cuts, while numerous non-governmental organizations have closed projects after Trump reduced foreign aid through USAID.
Trump administration officials said they want to focus resources on expanding U.S. influence in standard-setting U.N. bodies where the U.S. competes with China, including the International Telecommunication Union, the International Maritime Organization and the International Labor Organization. The withdrawals come at a time when Trump has shocked allies and adversaries with military actions, including the capture of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro and threats to invade Greenland.
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