Trump Withdraws US From UN Human Rights Council, Permanently Ends Funding To UNRWA

Washington/internet/Hyderabad, Feb 5 (Maxim News): US President Donald Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the top UN human rights body and will not resume funding for the UN agency helping Palestinian refugees.

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The US left the Geneva-based Human Rights Council last year, and it stopped funding the agency assisting Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA after Israel accused it of harboring Hamas militants who participated in the surprise October 7, 2023, attacks in southern Israel, which UNRWA denies.

Trump’s announcement came on the day he met with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose country has long accused both the rights body and UNRWA of bias against Israel and antisemitism.

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Trump’s executive orders also call for a review of American involvement in the Paris-based UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, known as UNESCO, and a review of US funding for the United National in light of “the wild disparities in levels of funding among different countries.”

The United States, with the world’s largest economy, pays 22 percent of the UN’s regular operating budget, with China the second largest contributor.

“I’ve always felt that the UN has tremendous potential,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “It’s not living up to that potential right now.  They’ve got to get their act together.”

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He said the UN needs “to be fair to countries that deserve fairness,” adding that there are some countries, which he didn’t name, that are “outliers, that are very bad and they’re being almost preferred.”

Before Trump’s announcement, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric reiterated the Human Rights Council’s importance and UNRWA’s work in delivering “critical services to Palestinians.” (Maxim News)

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