February 2025
UN Security Council urges Rwanda to withdraw troops from eastern DR Congo. — 21 February 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 22 media reports (LINK)
Trump signs order withdrawing US from several UN bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organization. — 4 February 2025 (LINK)
— The executive order said it withdrew Washington from UNHRC and the main UN relief agency for Palestinians (UNRWA), and would review involvement in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The moves were made in protest against what White House staff secretary Will Scharf described as "anti-American bias" at the UN agencies. Each of the withdrawals has been a repeat of the Republican billionaire's first term in office, which ended in 2021.
The White House: WITHDRAWING THE United States from and ending funding to certain United Nations organizations and reviewing United States support to all international organizations. — 4 February 2025 (LINK)
— "Some of the UN's agencies and bodies [...] act contrary to the interests of the United States while attacking our allies and propagating anti-Semitism."
WHO chief asks countries to push Washington to reconsider its withdrawal: For 2024-2025, the U.S. is WHO's biggest donor by far, putting in an estimated $988 million, roughly 14% of WHO's $6.9 billion budget. — 3 February 2025 (LINK)
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