SEE LIST: Trump Withdraws US From 66 International Organisations

The United States has announced its withdrawal from 66 international organisations, including key United Nations (UN) agencies and climate-focused bodies, a decision that has sparked global concern over its implications for climate action, development, peacebuilding and multilateral cooperation.

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on Wednesday suspending US participation and support for dozens of international organisations, many of them operating under the United Nations system.

US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, defended the move, stating that the Trump administration considered the affected institutions “redundant in their scope, mismanaged, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, captured by the interests of actors advancing their own agendas contrary to our own, or a threat to our nation’s sovereignty, freedoms, and general prosperity.”

The withdrawal from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which underpins the Paris Climate Agreement, has drawn sharp criticism from climate experts.

Former White House National Climate Adviser, Gina McCarthy, described the decision as “shortsighted, embarrassing, and a foolish decision,” adding that, “This Administration is forfeiting our country’s ability to influence trillions of dollars in investments, policies, and decisions that would have advanced our economy and protected us from costly disasters wreaking havoc on our country.”

Observers warned that the absence of the United States, one of the world’s largest emitters could weaken global coordination at a time when climate change is increasingly linked to extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, wildfires and heatwaves.

Hereunder is the list of the 66 international organisations the United States has announced its exit from:

Non-United Nations Organisations (35)

24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact

Colombo Plan Council

Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Education Cannot Wait

European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats

Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories

Freedom Online Coalition

Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund

Global Counterterrorism Forum

Global Forum on Cyber Expertise

Global Forum on Migration and Development

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

International Cotton Advisory Committee

International Development Law Organization

International Energy Forum

International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law

International Lead and Zinc Study Group

International Renewable Energy Agency

International Solar Alliance

International Tropical Timber Organization

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Pan American Institute of Geography and History

Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation

Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia

Regional Cooperation Council

Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century

Science and Technology Center in Ukraine

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

United Nations Organisations (31)

Department of Economic and Social Affairs

U.N. Economic and Social Council

(ECOSOC) – Economic Commission for Africa

ECOSOC – Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECOSOC – Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ECOSOC – Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

International Law Commission

International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

International Trade Centre

Office of the Special Adviser on Africa

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children

Peacebuilding Commission

Peacebuilding Fund

Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

U.N. Alliance of Civilizations

U.N. Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries

U.N. Conference on Trade and Development

U.N. Democracy Fund

U.N. Energy

U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change

U.N. Human Settlements Programme

U.N. Institute for Training and Research

U.N. Oceans

U.N. Population Fund

U.N. Register of Conventional Arms

U.N. System Chief Executives Board for Coordination

U.N. System Staff College

U.N. Water

U.N. University

The decision has raised fears among allies and international agencies that the US withdrawal could create funding gaps, weaken leadership and slow collective responses to pressing global challenges.