The White House stated that President Trump has withdrawn the United States from 66 international organizations, arguing that these bodies “no longer serve Washington’s interests.”

According to the White House, on January 7 President Donald Trump signed a document instructing ministries and executive agencies to cease participation in and stop funding 35 non–United Nations organizations and 31 UN-affiliated entities. These organizations were described as operating contrary to U.S. national interests, security, economic prosperity, or sovereignty.
Among the 31 UN-related bodies are the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) regional commissions for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, and Western Asia; the International Law Commission (ILC); and the International Trade Centre (ITC).
The most notable withdrawal is from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the foundational treaty underpinning all major international climate agreements. The UNFCCC was adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in June 1992 and was ratified by the U.S. Senate later that year under President George H. W. Bush.
The United States has also withdrawn from UN Women, the organization dedicated to gender equality and women’s empowerment, as well as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which focuses on family planning and maternal and child health in more than 150 countries. Last year, the U.S. had already cut funding to UNFPA.