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Executive Order 14199: Withdrawing the United States From and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations

President: Donald J. Trump

Ended US participation in the UN Human Rights Council and funding for UNRWA, ordered a review of UNESCO participation and required a broader review of international organizations and agreements.

Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 14199 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 14199 remains in effect. See Federal Register record.

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What does Executive Order 14199 do?

The order directed immediate executive-branch positions on three named UN bodies and a 180-day State Department review of US memberships, funding and treaty participation. A January 2026 presidential memorandum used the resulting review to direct withdrawal from dozens of additional organizations, conventions and treaties. Funding and treaty consequences remain subject to the relevant statutes and withdrawal clauses.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: A later presidential memorandum described the international-organization review initiated by this order and directed additional withdrawals. Official source. The cited steps do not establish every downstream effect.

Administration position: The order’s descriptions of the UN bodies are administration findings. This guide distinguishes those policy judgments from the legal procedures governing appropriations, membership and treaty withdrawal.
SignedFebruary 4, 2025
Lead officialSecretary of State
International reviewWithin 180 days
Later actionJanuary 7, 2026 withdrawal memorandum

Before and after

Before the order

The United States was not then a member of the Human Rights Council but had participated as an observer, funded UNRWA through earlier appropriations and had rejoined UNESCO in 2023.

Membership, funding and treaty obligations arose under different legal instruments.

After the order

Agencies were directed not to participate in the Human Rights Council and not to fund UNRWA, while State reviewed UNESCO and the wider international portfolio.

The January 2026 memorandum directed further withdrawals based on the review; each organization or treaty has its own effective process.

A later presidential memorandum described the international-organization review initiated by this order and directed additional withdrawals.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Secretary of StateEnd participation in the Human Rights Council and review UNESCOImmediate / as directed
Executive agenciesEnd funding to UNRWA consistent with lawImmediate
State with UN AmbassadorReview all covered organizations, conventions and treatiesWithin 180 days

What happened next

EO 14199 signed.

The 180-day review deadline passed.

President directed withdrawals from additional organizations and instruments identified through the review.

Later memorandum and original directives rechecked.

Later primary evidence reviewed: A later presidential memorandum described the international-organization review initiated by this order and directed additional withdrawals.