House Engrossed

withdrawal; United Nations; urging Congress

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE MEMORIAL 2001

A MEMORIAL

Urging the President and the Congress of the United States to withdraw from the United Nations.

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To the President and Congress of the United States of America:

Your memorialist respectfully represents:

Whereas, the United Nations (U.N.) was created in 1945 in the aftermath of World War II as a means of establishing greater cooperation among countries; and

Whereas, the United States provides approximately 22% of the U.N.'s funding; and

Whereas, the U.N. often pursues an agenda that is counteractive to the policy goals of the United States, such as U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 in 2016, which sided with Palestine and condemned Israeli settlements in Jerusalem; and

Whereas, other U.N. initiatives threaten the sovereignty of the United States, such as the Law of the Sea Treaty, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Arms Trade Treaty; and

Whereas, the U.N.'s decision-making imposes restrictions on individual nations, stripping them of their autonomy, and usurps the people's right to self-governance; and

Whereas, the U.N.'s actions are inconsistent with its goal of protecting and promoting peace, as in 2019 when Venezuela, under the control of Nicholas Maduro's authoritarian, socialist government, was added to the Human Rights Council; and

Whereas, in 2011 the U.N. General Assembly held a minute of silence for the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong II, despite his record of atrocities; and

Whereas, the U.N. has a history of anti-Israel rhetoric and actions, such as in 1975, when U.N. General Assembly Resolution 3379 determined that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination and in 2016, when the U.N. adopted a resolution at the annual meeting of the World Health Organization that singled out Israel as the only violator of mental, physical and environmental health; and

Whereas, while the United Nations Charter does not provide for withdrawal procedures, the principle of rebus sic stantibus, or things standing thus, may allow the United States to withdraw due to a fundamental, unforeseen change in circumstances; and

Whereas, the U.N.'s failure to promote peace serves as a substantial change in circumstances; and

Whereas, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has extensive links to Gaza and Islamist terrorist groups such as Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad; and

Whereas, approximately 1,200 of UNRWA's 12,000 employees in Gaza are believed to have connections to those terrorist groups, and Israeli intelligence reports indicate that approximately 190 UNRWA employees have doubled as Hamas or Islamic Jihad militants during their employment; and

Whereas, Israeli intelligence reports that at least 12 UNRWA employees were directly involved in the Hamas October 7 attack on Israel in 2023, including several schoolteachers who were implicated in various roles, including logistics, weapon procurement, abduction and even direct participation in the attacks.

Wherefore your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, prays:

1. That the President of the United States and the United States Congress withdraw from the United Nations to better serve this country's interests.

2. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.