5 U.N. Organizations That Won't Have the U.S. to Kick Around Anymore

U.S. withdrawal from these organizations shows great wisdom: they fail to do what they claim, and they exemplify a global governance project inimical to democracy.

Why this list matters: A bloated U.N. consumes sovereigntists in the ongoing, pervasive machinery of global governance. This undermines government by consent of the governed, which can be realized only in democratically accountable nation-states. In withdrawing the United States from the worst organizations in the U.N. system, Donald Trump has done a great service to the sovereignty of democratic nations.

1. U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Ostensibly, UNRWA serves Palestinian refugees. In reality, UNRWA propagates the myth that the descendants of Palestinians who fled Israel in 1948—after five Arab nations invaded the Jewish state—have a never-ending "right of return" to their ancestors' homes. Inevitably, this would mean a Middle East ethnically cleansed of Jews.

UNRWA encourages resentment among Palestinians. On October 7, 2023, UNRWA employees were involved in the massacre of innocent Jewish men, women, and children. Since then, UNRWA facilities have hidden Hamas fighters and weapons.

2. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Ostensibly, UNESCO promotes peace "through international cooperation in sciences, education and culture.” In reality, it promotes an anti-Jewish agenda. UNESCO's 2016 Jerusalem Resolution exemplifies this, referring to the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site, exclusively as “Haram al-Sharif.” Reagan withdrew from UNESCO in 1984 because of its pro-Soviet leanings. The U.S. later rejoined, but little changed. Trump's decision to withdraw again recognizes that reality.

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3. World Health Organization (WHO)

Ostensibly, WHO proves the value of global governance to human well-being, protecting public health worldwide by working to influence policy and craft strategy in response to health emergencies. In reality, it pursues a hidden political agenda. Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus has shown himself a staunch supporter of China. In its response to COVID-19, WHO helped cover up COVID’s origins in order to protect China.

4. United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

Ostensibly, the UNHRC protects human rights globally by calling out violators and examining the human rights records of UN members. In reality, the organization provides cover for human rights abusers such as Cuba, China, Russia, Venezuela, and Sudan, all of whom have been UNHRC members. The UNHRC has adopted more than 112 resolutions against Israel, a democracy that assiduously respects human rights. By comparison China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and others have never or rarely been formally condemned by the UNHRC.

5. United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)

Ostensibly, the UNAOC—first proposed in 2004 to build bridges between the West and the Muslim world in the wake of September 11—"aims to improve understanding and cooperation among nations and peoples across cultures." In reality, the UNAOC often ignores Islamist violence and promotes a mushy, postmodern multicultural relativism. In effect, this lends support to Islamism. This sort of tyranny of relativism is at the heart of Western civilizational decline.

THE BOTTOM LINE

The U.S.'s intended withdrawal from a total of 66 international organizations is key to overcoming the machinery of global governance. Even sovereigntists can get lost in the all-consuming nature of this system, which is dominated by anti-Westernism, antisemitism, and a view of human rights which elevates individual autonomy and group identity above objective truth.