The president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed an executive order this Wednesday to withdraw the country from 66 international organizations and stop signing various international treaties that in his opinion are contrary to national interests, including the withdrawal of 31 entities from the United Nations Organization.
Non-UN entities include the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the Global Forum on Migration and Development and the Online Freedom Coalition.
The presidential order also determines that the United States withdraws from UN organizations such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), among others.
The document, which was shared by the White House, details that all US executive departments and agencies must cease both participation and financing of these entities following a review ordered by Trump to evaluate US financial support for groups that it considers contrary to its sovereignty and economic priorities.
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The official document indicates that the measure responds to the fact that these institutions “operate in a manner contrary to the national interests, security, economic prosperity or sovereignty of the United States” and seek “globalist agendas”, which do not align with Washington’s priorities.
The White House assured that this decision will end funding to these organizations with US taxpayer money and will allow the country to redirect resources towards “internal and political priorities that favor their independence.”
The announcement is part of a broad withdrawal of the United States from multilateral organizations, which already included the country’s departure from the World Health Organization, the UN Human Rights Council, as well as the US’s departure from the Paris Agreement on climate change in 2025.
With information from EFE.
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