Withdrawing the United States From and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations

The order directs the United States to immediately cease participation in the UN Human Rights Council and instructs the Secretary of State to shut down the US Representative to the UNHRC and all positions dedicated to supporting it. It prohibits all federal agencies from making any contribution or payment to UNRWA and directs the Secretary to withhold the US proportionate share of UN Regular Budget funding allocated to the UNHRC. The Secretary must also notify the UN Secretary General and the leadership of UNRWA and the UNHRC that the US will not pay 2025 assessments or prior arrears to those bodies. The Secretary is further directed to lead a 90-day review of US UNESCO membership, evaluating whether UNESCO serves US interests and examining anti-Semitism within that organization.

Separately, the Secretary of State — in consultation with the US Ambassador to the UN — must complete a comprehensive 180-day review of every international intergovernmental organization the US belongs to and funds, and every treaty and convention to which the US is a party, to identify those contrary to US interests and whether reform is possible. At the conclusion of that review, the Secretary reports findings and withdrawal recommendations to the President through the National Security Advisor. The order does not itself withdraw the US from UNESCO or any other body beyond the UNHRC; future withdrawals would require action based on the reviews.

The US diplomatic staff currently serving in the UNHRC representative office, whose positions are eliminated. Palestinian refugees and displaced persons who rely on UNRWA-administered humanitarian programs. UNESCO, the UNHRC, and potentially dozens of other international organizations that receive US funding or participation. All US executive departments and agencies that provide any form of support to international bodies.

Cutting UNRWA funding removes a major source of humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees, who depend on the agency for food, health, and education services. Shutting the UNHRC representative office ends formal US engagement with the council. The broader review could ultimately lead to US withdrawal from additional international organizations and treaty bodies.

The UNRWA funding cutoff and UNHRC withdrawal take effect immediately on signing; no further agency action is required to trigger them. The Secretary of State then runs two sequential review tracks — a 90-day UNESCO track and a 180-day all-organizations track — both coordinated with the US Ambassador to the UN. The 180-day track produces a written report with withdrawal recommendations that travel to the President through the National Security Advisor; the President then decides whether to act on them. No automatic withdrawal from any other body occurs without a subsequent order.