Trump will take the US from the UN Human Rights Council and cancels Gaza financing

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, withdraws by decree to the United States from the UN Human Rights Council and prohibits future budget items to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).

By David Alandete / ABC of Spain

The decision, which restores a Policy of your first administrationcoincides with the visit of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to Washington, and reflects the isolationist turn of the US government in the field of foreign policy.

The Human Rights Council has been the target of criticism from the United States for years. Washington accuses him of maintaining a Bias against Israel and to cover up governments with history of human rights violations, including those of Cuba and Iran.

The cutting of funds to Gaza occurs After the administration of Joe Biden Pausara the financing To the UNRWA after revealing that some of its employees were involved in the terrorist attack of October 7 of Hamas.

The order also looks at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which is being cut. Trump has questioned the fate of his funds in programs that, according to his administration, do not directly benefit the national interests of the United States.

His spokesman, Karoline Leavitt, has read the press in the White House some of the programs paid by USAID: United States has allocated 2.5 million dollars to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in Serbia, $ 70,000 for a musical for a musical about These issues in Ireland, $ 47,000 for a transgender opera in Colombia and $ 32,000 for a trans comic in Peru. «It’s crazy that the American taxpayer has to pay this,» Leavitt said.

UNRWA has received humanitarian aid funds from the United States and is the main source of help for the population of Gaza in the middle of the Israeli military campaign. But their operations have been the subject of controversy, especially after the UN fired several suspected employees of links with Hamas. Despite this, he is still a key actor in the humanitarian crisis.

According to a Memorandum of the White House, in which Trump’s decision is announced: «The UN Human Rights Council has failed in its purpose and has become a refuge for regimes that make atrocious violations.» In 2018, when Trump retired the United States from the international body for the first time, the UN approved more resolutions against Israel than against Syria, Iran and North Korea together.

The debate on the permanence in the UN Human Rights Council has been recurring in Washington. George Bush and Trump opted for withdrawal; Barack Obama and Biden tried to reform it from within. Human Rights Organizations and some legislators defend their role in the supervision of abuses globally, although they recognize their failures. Something similar happens with Unrwa: its critics denounce their management and ties with radical groups, but its defenders warn that their collapse will aggravate the crisis in Gaza.

The decree also instructs the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to review the participation of the United States in international organizations and evaluate whether they promote «radical or anti -American feelings.» Among them, Unesco stands out, from which Washington retired in 2019 for its alleged partiality against Israel.

The decision is part of the confirmation process of Elise Stefanik as the United States ambassador to the UN. At his hearing before the Senate, Stefanik promised to work for a reform of the agency and ensure that US funds are destined only to programs aligned with national security and transparency. He also loaded against Unrwa, accusing her of ignoring the links of her workers with Hamas.