U.N. Specialized Agencies & Other International Organizations

U.N. Specialized Agencies and Other International Organizations

U.N. Specialized Agencies & Other International Organizations

The United States is a member of or contributes financially to nearly 200 international organizations, funds, treaty bodies, councils, peacekeeping operations, and other entities. Each has virtues and problems and contributes differently to America’s strategic, economic, and political interests. The United States should participate where membership benefits American interests, cease participation when the costs outweigh the benefits, and always press for reforms to improve performance, efficiency, and accountability.

COMMENTARY

The U.S. Should Oppose ICC Attempts To Target Israeli Officials

Brett D. Schaefer

May 28, 2024 6 min read

REPORT

The WHO Pandemic Treaty Fails Again

Brett D. Schaefer, Steven Groves

Apr 19, 2024 13 min read

REPORT

WHO Pandemic Treaty Remains Fatally Flawed

Brett D. Schaefer, Steven Groves

Feb 5, 2024 17 min read

REPORT

U.S. Is Right to Support Taiwan’s Participation in International Organizations

Brett D. Schaefer

Jan 11, 2024 31 min read

COMMENTARY

Congress Should Not Fund IMF Mission Creep

Brett D. Schaefer, Max Primorac, Anthony Kim

Sep 8, 2023 5 min read

COMMENTARY

Biden’s Counterproductive International Organization for Migration Fight

Danielle Pletka, Brett D. Schaefer

May 15, 2023 5 min read

REPORT

Interpol Needs Improved Financial Transparency to Restore Its Integrity

Ted R. Bromund

Aug 1, 2022 Over an hour read

REPORT

A WHO Pandemic Treaty Must Not Infringe on U.S. Sovereignty

Steven Groves, Brett D. Schaefer

Jun 27, 2022 13 min read

REPORT

Countering China’s Growing Influence at the ITU

Brett D. Schaefer, Danielle Pletka

Mar 7, 2022 44 min read

REPORT

Key Priorities for the U.S. at the 2021 Meeting of the Interpol General Assembly

Ted R. Bromund

Nov 1, 2021 22 min read

REPORT

ICAO: U.S. Should Repair Chinese Damage and Refocus the Organization

Brett D. Schaefer, Danielle Pletka

Jun 22, 2021 33 min read

REPORT

OECD: What America Should Do

James M. Roberts, David R. Burton, Nicolas Loris, Adam Michel

Mar 16, 2021 15 min read

REPORT

Returning the International Labor Organization to Business of Defending Workers

Brett D. Schaefer, Danielle Pletka

Mar 1, 2021 24 min read

REPORT

The U.S. Must Promote Democratic Leadership in Interpol

Ted R. Bromund

Nov 10, 2020 12 min read

REPORT

The U.S. Must Block Expansion of the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights

James M. Roberts

Oct 16, 2020 17 min read

REPORT

The Human Rights Council Must Reform to Earn U.S. Re-Engagement

Brett D. Schaefer, Danielle Pletka

Sep 29, 2020 14 min read

REPORT

The Top U.S. Priority at the 2020 Meeting of the Interpol General Assembly

Ted R. Bromund

Aug 26, 2020 12 min read

REPORT

NATO in the 21st Century: Preparing for the Challenges of Today and Tomorrow

Luke Coffey, Daniel Kochis

Aug 10, 2020 Over an hour read

REPORT

What the World Health Organization Must Do to Earn Back U.S. Support

Brett D. Schaefer, Danielle Pletka

Aug 7, 2020 9 min read

REPORT

The U.S. Should Make Greater Use of the WTO, Not Withdraw

Riley Walters

May 13, 2020 7 min read

COMMENTARY

Chinese Leadership Corrupts Another U.N. Organization

Brett D. Schaefer, Dean Cheng, Klon Kitchen

May 11, 2020 4 min read

REPORT

How the U.S. Should Respond to the ICC’s Decision to Investigate Americans

Brett D. Schaefer, Charles Stimson

Mar 24, 2020 16 min read

REPORT

The U.S. Should Withdraw from the U.N.’s Programme of Action on Small Arms

Ted R. Bromund

Feb 20, 2020 9 min read

REPORT

Chinese Leadership of WIPO: A Threat to Intellectual Property

Brett D. Schaefer

Feb 13, 2020 16 min read

COMMENTARY

U.S. Shouldn’t Rejoin U.N. “Tourism” Agency, Despite Trump’s Budget Request

Brett D. Schaefer, James Carafano

Feb 11, 2020 3 min read

REPORT

Arctic Security: Not About Preparing for War, But About Preparing for the Future

Luke Coffey, Daniel Kochis, James Di Pane

Jan 22, 2020 Over an hour read

COMMENTARY

A U.S. Victory at the Universal Postal Union

Brett D. Schaefer

Sep 27, 2019 5 min read

REPORT

U.S. Must Better Track Its Contributions to U.N. and International Organizations

Brett D. Schaefer

Mar 11, 2019 19 min read

COMMENTARY

Palestinian Push Hurts the Palestinian People and U.N. Organizations

Brett D. Schaefer

May 28, 2018 4 min read

REPORT

How the United States Should Respond to Palestinian Membership in Interpol

Ted R. Bromund

May 1, 2018 Over an hour read

REPORT

Time to Reconsider U.S. Support of UNRWA

Brett D. Schaefer, James Phillips

Mar 5, 2015 16 min read

REPORT

The U.S. Should Not Rejoin the United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Brett D. Schaefer

Oct 29, 2014 6 min read

REPORT

U.N. Repeating Past Mistakes in New Sustainable Development Goals

Ambassador Terry Miller, Brett D. Schaefer

Jul 23, 2014 5 min read

REPORT

Necessary Reforms Can Keep Interpol Working in the U.S. Interest

Ted R. Bromund, David Kopel

Dec 11, 2013 Over an hour read

REPORT

U.N. Human Rights Experts: More Transparency and Accountability Required

Steven Groves, Brett D. Schaefer

May 16, 2013 5 min read

REPORT

Resist the Increasing Role of the United Nations in Internet Governance

James Gattuso, Brett D. Schaefer

Nov 28, 2012 5 min read

REPORT

The U.S. Should Withdraw from UNESCO

Brett D. Schaefer

Oct 19, 2012 5 min read

REPORT

African Union: Transparency and Accountability Needed

Brett D. Schaefer, Morgan Lorraine Roach

Mar 8, 2012 6 min read

REPORT

What Palestinian Membership Means for UNESCO and the Rest of the United Nations

Brett D. Schaefer

Dec 13, 2011 35 min read

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