US Withdraws From UN Organizations

On January 7, 2026, President Trump withdrew the United States from 66 international organizations, as part of his administration's review of wasteful, ineffective and harmful international organizations. Nearly half of the 66 affected bodies are UN-related, including the Framework Convention on Climate Change - a treaty that underpins all international efforts to combat global warming. As well as the UNFCCC, the US has also withdrawn from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - the world's leading authority on climate science that pulls together the most respected reports on the science of rising global temperatures.

Groups working on development, gender equality and conflict - areas the Trump administration had repeatedly dismissed as advancing "globalist" or "woke" agendas - are also included. The memorandum stated that many of the organizations promoted "radical climate policies, global governance and ideological programs that conflict with US sovereignty and economic strength".

The United States will now initiate formal withdrawal procedures where required by treaty or institutional rules, and may identify further organizations for withdrawal as the review process continues.