Here’s What to Know About US Pullback From UN Bodies

The order is part of the United States’ move away from international commitments the Trump administration considers as not aligned with U.S. interests.

President Donald Trump shows an executive order withdrawing the United States from a number of U.N. bodies in the Oval Office on Feb. 4, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw from U.N. organizations including the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) as part of a government-wide pullback from a number of international organizations.

The Feb. 4 order also stopped U.S. funding of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for the Near East (UNRWA) and stated that the United States will conduct a review of its membership in the U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).