The move cast uncertainty on the leadership role of the United States in the global body. The president also withdrew from the U.N.’s Human Rights Council and stopped funding UNRWA.

Just 10 days into his first term in office, Trump signed the order installing the aforementioned 2-for-1 deregulatory benchmark, but former President Joe Biden rescinded that order on his first day in office. Trump officials say the president went on to leave office removing five regulations for each one added.

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council and UNRWA and for broader review of U.S. funding for the international organization.