Withdrawal From Wasteful, Ineffective, Or Harmful International Organizations

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
January
7, 2026

Today, in furtherance of Executive Order
14199, President Trump announced the withdrawal of the
United States from 66 international organizations identified
as part of the Trump Administration’s review of wasteful,
ineffective, and harmful international organizations. Review
of additional international organizations pursuant to
Executive Order 14199 remains ongoing.

The Trump
Administration has found these institutions to be 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. President
Trump is clear: 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
days of billions of dollars in taxpayer money flowing to
foreign interests at the expense of our people are
over.

As such, the United States will be withdrawing
from the 66 organizations that can be found here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-international-organizations-conventions-and-treaties-that-are-contrary-to-the-interests-of-the-united-states/

As
this list begins to demonstrate, what started as a pragmatic
framework of international organizations for peace and
cooperation has morphed into a sprawling architecture of
global governance, often dominated by progressive ideology
and detached from national interests. From DEI mandates to
“gender equity” campaigns to climate orthodoxy, many
international organizations now serve a globalist project
rooted in the discredited fantasy of the “End of
History.” These organizations actively seek to constrain
American sovereignty. Their work is advanced by the same
elite networks—the multilateral “NGO-plex”— that we
have begun dismantling through the closure of
USAID.

We will not continue expending resources,
diplomatic capital, and the legitimizing weight of our
participation in institutions that are irrelevant to or in
conflict with our interests. We reject inertia and ideology
in favor of prudence and purpose. We seek cooperation where
it serves our people and will stand firm where it does
not.

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