US Withdraws From 66 Global Bodies, Including India And France, Citing International Solar Alli

United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a presidential memorandum directing the withdrawal of the US from 66 international organisations that the White House said “no longer serve American interests”.

Under the order, US agencies and departments have been instructed to cease participation in and funding for 35 non-United Nations organisations and 31 UN-linked bodies that “operate contrary to US national interests, security, economic prosperity or sovereignty”.

The India-led International Solar Alliance is among the non-UN organisations from which the US is withdrawing, ANI reported. It also includes environmental bodies such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.