President Donald Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the withdrawal of the United States from a key global climate treaty and 66 international organizations saying that they no longer serve American interests.
They include the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an expert body that assesses climate science globally; International Trade Centre; UNCTAD; and UN organizations working on peace and democracy, family planning, maternal and child health, and sexual violence in conflict.
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by Joji Xavier
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