Trump cuts ties with 66 global bodies, including key UN agencies
Trump signs an order withdrawing US support from 66 international bodies, including UN agencies and the UN climate treaty.
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday it will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the UN’s population agency and the UN treaty that underpins global climate negotiations, reports the Associated Press.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending US support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions. The move follows his directive for a full review of American participation in, and funding for, all international bodies, including those affiliated with the UN, according to a White House statement posted on social media.
Most of the entities targeted are UN‑related agencies, commissions and advisory panels dealing with climate, labor and other issues the Trump administration has labeled as promoting diversity and “woke" initiatives.
In a statement, the State Department said, “The Trump administration has found these institutions to be 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 had already suspended support for the World Health Organization, UNRWA, the UN Human Rights Council and UNESCO, adopting an a‑la‑carte approach to UN funding and choosing which agencies align with Trump’s agenda.
The shift marks a sharp departure from how previous Republican and Democratic administrations engaged with the UN, prompting the world body - already undergoing internal restructuring - to implement staffing and program cuts.
Independent NGOs, including those working with the UN, have reported widespread project closures following last year’s cuts to foreign assistance through USAID.
Despite the sweeping withdrawals, US officials, including Trump, say they still see value in the UN and intend to redirect taxpayer funds toward expanding US influence in key standard‑setting bodies where Washington competes with China, such as the International Telecommunications Union, the International Maritime Organization and the International Labor Organization.
The withdrawal from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the latest step in distancing the US from climate‑focused international bodies. The UNFCCC, signed in 1992 by 198 countries, forms the basis of the Paris climate agreement, which Trump exited soon after returning to the White House.
Other organizations the US will leave include the Carbon Free Energy Compact, the United Nations University, the International Cotton Advisory Committee, the International Tropical Timber Organization, the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation, the Pan‑American Institute for Geography and History, the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, and the International Lead and Zinc Study Group, according to AP.
The State Department said additional reviews are still underway.
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Trump Takes U.S. out of 66 Globalist Organizations and Treaties
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it’s taking U.S. taxpayer dollars away from 66 globalist organizations, nearly half of them affiliated with the United Nations and all of which are identified as “contrary to the interests of the United States.”
Most notable is the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the parent treaty underpinning all major international climate agreements, AFP reports.
The treaty adopted in 1992 is a global pact by nations to cooperate to drive down planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of so-called “climate change.”
Trump, who has thrown the full weight of his domestic policy behind fossil fuels, has openly scorned speculation human activity is warming the planet, deriding it as a “hoax.”
His administration sent no representative to the most recent U.N. climate summit in Brazil in November, which is held every year under the auspices of the UNFCCC.
Now Trump is making sure U.S. taxpayer dollars are no longer spent at the discretion of the U.N. and its associated globalist affiliates. The AFP reports on just some of the organizations impacted:
The memo also directs the United States to withdraw from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN body responsible for assessing climate science, alongside other climate-related organizations including the International Renewable Energy Agency, UN Oceans and UN Water.
As in his first term, Trump has also withdrawn the United States from UNESCO — the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — which Washington had rejoined under Biden.
Trump has likewise pulled the US out of the World Health Organization and sharply reduced foreign aid.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/08/trump-takes-u-s-out-of-66-globalist-organizations-and-treaties/
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