Trump Withdraws US From UN Human Rights Council, Saying It Shields Violators

The White House also cut off funds to a UN agency dedicated to Palestinian refugees, saying it is ‘antisemitic and anti-Israel.’

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on Jan. 20. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 4 to again withdraw the United States from the U.N. Human Rights Council and end U.S. funding to the U.N. agency dealing with Palestinian refugees.

The U.N. Human Rights Council, said the White House in a fact sheet to the press, “has not fulfilled its purpose and continues to be used as a protective body for countries committing horrific human rights violations.”