US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Wednesday, directing the withdrawal of the United States from several international organisations, conventions, and treaties deemed "contrary to the interests" of the country.
A statement from the White House outlining the Presidential Memoranda showed the withdrawal from 31 United Nations entities and 35 non-UN organisations.
Among the non-UN global organisations the US is backing out of are the India- and France-led International Solar Alliance, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Washington is also pulling out of the International Energy Forum, the International Renewable Energy Agency, the Partnership of Atlantic Cooperation, and the Global Counterterrorism Forum.
The key UN organisations from which the US is withdrawing include the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the International Law Commission, the International Trade Centre, the Peacebuilding Commission, UN Energy, the UN Population Fund, and UN Water.
This move follows a review ordered earlier this year of all international intergovernmental organisations, conventions, and treaties that the United States is a member of or party to, or that the United States funds or supports.
"These withdrawals will end American taxpayer funding and involvement in entities that advance globalist agendas over U.S. priorities, or that address important issues inefficiently or ineffectively, such that U.S. taxpayer dollars are best allocated elsewhere to support the relevant missions," the White House said in the statement.
It also alleged that many of these bodies promote radical climate policies, global governance, and ideological programmes that conflict with US sovereignty and economic strength.
"By exiting these entities, President Trump is saving taxpayer money and refocusing resources on America First priorities," the statement added.