President Donald Trump has ordered the United States to withdraw from 66 international organizations, including major UN agencies, hastening Washington's retreat from multilateral cooperation.
Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday directing US departments to end participation in and funding for 31 United Nations entities and 35 non-UN organizations "as soon as possible," according to a White House release.
These organizations span climate change, conservation, counterterrorism and human rights, among other fields.
Among the 31 UN-affiliated bodies that Trump ordered to withdraw from are:
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): The main UN body for climate negotiations
UN Women: The main UN body on gender equality
The Office of the Special Representative of the secretary-general for Children in Armed Conflict
The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
UN Population Fund (UNFPA): Major UN agency on population, reproductive health, and demographics
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat)
The Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
Trump also ordered the withdrawal from 35 other international bodies, including:
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): The world's leading authority on climate science, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
The International Solar Alliance (ISA)
The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe
The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP)
The Global Counterterrorism Forum
The Colombo Plan Council: Focused on technical cooperation across Asia-Pacific
The Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU): A body intended to aid the non-proliferation of nuclear and biological weapons in several former Soviet states
