Trump to withdraw us from the United Nations Rights Council, extend UNRWA funds: Report | Donald Trump News
The US President is expected to sign orders to cut ties and funds to United Nations agencies, where Netanyahu will visit the White House.
US President Donald Trump is planning to cut US participation with the United Nations Human Rights Council and expand a funding ban on the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency, UNRWA, a White House official who has not named the media said.
The American media, including Politico and NPR, said on Monday that Trump is expected to sign an executive order that withdraws from the two United Nations bodies on Tuesday, on the same day that the White House is expected to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a critic The United Nations has long been, and UNRWA in particular.
Since he took office for a second on January 20, Trump has already withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the climate agreement in Paris, from which he also withdrew during his first term – a step that later reflected Biden Administration.
Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council will not be the first for Trump, who withdrew from the council in his first term.
When the Trump administration left the Human Rights Council in 2018, Trump’s envoy Nikki Haley claimed that the move was due to “chronic bias” against Israel from the body, which consists of 47 members of the United Nations elected for four- the conditions of the year.
The Council holds periodic reviews of human rights records for the member states of the United Nations, including the United States, which is to be subject to its next review in August.
During the recent review of the Council of the United States in 2020, the two countries made recommendations on how to improve Washington from its human rights record, including the treatment of racism and the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison. The council is also responsible for appointing human rights experts to work as special relatives to the independent United Nations.
Many of the United Nations courses accused Israel of committing the genocide in Gaza, including, including, the most prominent of which is the special course on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albaniz.
As an elected member of the Council, recently from 2022-2024, the United States has also benefited from its position to criticize the human rights record in other countries.
UNRWA command comes at a time when Netanyahu visits the White House
Trump’s plan coincides with the signing of another executive, specifically the besieged UNRWA, with Netanyahu’s visit to the White House.
According to UNRWA Story reportIsraeli forces killed 272 UNRWA employees during the 15 -month Israel attack on the Gaza Strip and attacked UNRWA buildings again and again, including schools where thousands of Palestinians were looking for shelter.
In October, the Israeli parliament, Knesateet, approved two projects prohibiting UNRWA operations within the borders of Israel, including occupied East Jerusalem, which came into effect last week. Founded by the United Nations General Assembly in 1949, UNRWA provided health and education services to millions of Palestinians in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, occupied East, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
The United States was the largest donor in UNRWA, from 300 million dollars to $ 400 million, but Biden stopped funding in January 2024 after Israel reached baseless accusations about dozens of deadly UNRWA employees on October 7, 2023, an attack Israel by Hamas.
Although an independent report found that the Israeli authorities had not made evidence of their demands for the United Nations, the US Congress decided to officially suspend contributions to UNRWA until at least March 2025. I was released.
UNRWA plays a vital role in the recovery of Gaza, as a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues.
Trump and Netanyahu are expected to discuss the next stage of the ceasefire when they meet.
Speaking after Netanyahu’s arrival in the United States on Monday, Trump said that there are “no guarantees” that the ceasefire will keep it.
