President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw from U.N. organizations including the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) as part of a government-wide pullback from a number of international organizations.
The Feb. 4 order also stopped U.S. funding of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for the Near East (UNRWA) and stated that the United States will conduct a review of its membership in the U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
This order came just days after another order was handed down to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). Israel also announced on Feb. 5 its withdrawal from the UNHRC, accusing the council of “institutional bias” against the Jewish state….