Trump withdraws US from 66 international organisations, treaties

President Donald Trump has ordered the United States to withdraw from 66 international organizations, citing concerns over waste, ideology, and threats to national sovereignty.

The decision, announced by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a statement issued pursuant to Executive Order 14199, follows a review by the Trump administration of international bodies it describes as ineffective, mismanaged, or hostile to American interests.

According to the State Department, the review found that several of the affected institutions were “redundant in their scope, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, or captured by the interests of actors advancing agendas contrary to our own.” Rubio said the administration believes continued US participation offers little benefit to American taxpayers.

“It is no longer acceptable to be sending these institutions the blood, sweat, and treasure of the American people, with little to nothing to show for it,” the statement said. “The days of billions of dollars in taxpayer money flowing to foreign interests at the expense of our people are over.”

Among the organizations the United States plans to exit are the Tropical Timber Association, the International Lead & Zinc Study Group, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The administration argues that many such bodies have shifted away from their original technical or cooperative mandates toward what it characterizes as ideological advocacy.

The statement claimed that international organizations once designed to promote peace and cooperation have evolved into “a sprawling architecture of global governance,” often shaped by progressive policy agendas.

It pointed to initiatives on diversity, equity and inclusion, gender equity, and climate policy as examples of areas where US officials believe these institutions now overstep national boundaries.

“These organizations actively seek to constrain American sovereignty,” Rubio said, adding that their work is often driven by what he described as elite multilateral networks detached from national interests.

He linked the move to the administration’s broader effort to scale back US involvement in international aid and governance structures, including the recent closure of the US Agency for International Development.

The administration stressed that the withdrawals are not a rejection of international cooperation in principle.

“We seek cooperation where it serves our people and will stand firm where it does not,” the statement noted, emphasizing what it called a shift from “inertia and ideology” to “prudence and purpose.”