President Donald Trump don officially sign order to withdraw United States from 66 international organisations and global treaties, including di United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), wey be di main treaty behind global climate agreements.
White House talk say di bodies and treaties, almost half of dem linked to United Nations, “no dey align with di interest of United States.” Di announcement come on Wednesday as part of Trump broader move to pull America comot from collective global actions.
Among di biggest exits na UNFCCC, di climate treaty wey start for Rio Earth Summit for 1992 and wey US Senate approve under former President George H.W. Bush. Di treaty dey form di foundation for Paris Climate Agreement and oda global climate pacts.
Trump, wey don always support fossil fuel and reject climate science, don repeatedly call climate change “hoax.” Since e return to office, e don again withdraw US from Paris Climate Agreement, same move wey e do during im first term between 2017 and 2021 before Joe Biden reverse am.
Legal experts say di move fit cause court wahala, as US Constitution clear on how president fit enter treaty but no talk how dem suppose comot. Some lawyers argue say president no get power to withdraw from treaty wey Senate approve without lawmakers’ consent.
Jean Su, senior lawyer with Center for Biological Diversity, say pulling out of UNFCCC “na bigger matter pass Paris Agreement” and insist say di action fit be illegal. She say dem dey consider legal steps to challenge am.
International observers don also react sharply. Li Shuo of Asia Society Policy Institute say di US withdrawal na “big blow” to global climate effort and go scatter international agreement wey countries don struggle build.
Di memo also order US to withdraw from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), International Renewable Energy Agency, UN Oceans and UN Water. Trump also pull America comot from UNESCO, World Health Organization (WHO), and don drastically cut foreign aid to several UN agencies, including UN Refugee Agency and World Food Programme.
Other bodies wey dey di withdrawal list include UN Population Fund (UNFPA), UN Women, and UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, defend di decision, say many of di organisations dey push “progressive ideology” and dey try limit American sovereignty. According to am, from DEI policies to climate rules, dem don turn to globalist agenda.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, strong Trump critic, say di decision dey weaken America leadership and create space for China to take advantage globally.
Earlier for September, Trump don openly attack United Nations during General Assembly meeting, question di relevance of di body and complain about how di organisation dey run.
Di mass withdrawal don raise fresh concern about America role in global cooperation as Trump continue reshape US foreign policy in im second coming.
