The U.S. administration accuses international organizations of wasting funds, engaging in actions contrary to U.S. interests, and promoting “progressive ideologies.”
- U.S. President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from 66 organizations and international agreements, citing a conflict between their objectives and the interests of the United States.
- Among the organizations and treaties included on the list published by the White House are the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission, the United Nations Population Fund, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
- The U.S. administration accuses the organizations named on the list of squandering funds, engaging in activities contrary to U.S. interests, and promoting “progressive ideologies.”
The United States has withdrawn from 66 international organizations and agreements. This is another such decision by President Donald Trump. In early February 2025, he issued Executive Order No. 14199, under which the United States withdrew from certain organizations operating within the UN and ceased providing them with financial support (this included, among others, the United Nations Human Rights Council). The decree also included provisions requiring the U.S. Secretary of State to conduct, within 180 days, a review of all international organizations and of conventions and treaties of which the United States is, respectively, a member or a party, in order to determine which organizations, conventions, and treaties are contrary to the interests of the United States. In the decree, the U.S. Secretary of State was also tasked with presenting to the President recommendations on whether the United States should withdraw from participation in such organizations or international agreements, or whether they can be reformed or amended.
Less than a year later, on Wednesday, January 7, the White House officially announced that President Donald Trump, after reviewing the report submitted by the Secretary of State, decided to withdraw the United States from 66 international organizations and treaties, including 31 organizations operating within the UN system.
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