The US president, Donald Trumpsigned on Tuesday an executive order for end US participation in the United Nations Human Rights Council and continue with the suspension of funds for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA, acronym in English). In his words, the organization is not well managed and has “an antiestadoNeran bias.”
The firm occurs on the same day Trump plans to meet in the Oval Office of the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahu, who has been critical for a long time with UNRWA and has accused the Human Rights Council of Nations of Nations Nations Together with being partial against Israel.
“I’ve always felt that The UN has enormous potentialbut he is not complying with him at this time. For a long time it has been ineffective. There are great hopes in it, but, to be honest, It is not well managed“Trump told the press at the White House.
After his statements, the president signed the executive orders with his characteristic black marker, stating that both UNRWA and the UN Human Rights Council They must “order their affairs.” “They have to be fair to those countries that deserve justice,” he added, without directly reference to Israel’s claims.
In a statement released before the firm, the White House said that the UN Human Rights Council “has demonstrated A constant bias against Israel“And it has allowed countries like Iran, China and Cuba to use it to” protect themselves despite their serious violations and abuse against human rights. ” Specifically, the Executive Order argues that “several UN agencies have shown a deep anti -American bias“And, therefore, it orders the US withdrawal of the United Nations Human Rights Council, as well as the freezing of funds for UNRWA, which provides support to more than five million Palestinian refugees
“Radical feelings”
Likewise, the document requires the Secretary of State to review and prepare a report on What international organizationsconventions or treaties promote “radical feelings o Antiestadounidses “specifically mentioning the United Nations Educational, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) as one of the institutions that require an “accelerated review”.
During his first term (2017-2021), Trump has already retired to the US of the Council Human Rights of the UN, the main interstate forum of debate on human rights within the United Nations. Washington returned to this organism shortly after the arrival of Joe Biden to the White House in January 2021. In his first term, Trump also suspended financing to UNRWA, demanding the Palestinians to resume peace negotiations with Israel.
Since he assumed his second term on January 20, Trump has ordered the US withdrawal of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris Agreement on the climate, decisions he already made in his first stage in the White House .
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