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All executive departments and agencies take steps to effectuate withdrawal of the United States from the organizations listed in Section 2.
The presidential memorandum dated January 7, 2026, titled “Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States,” explicitly states in Section 1(c) that, consistent with Executive Order 14199 and the President’s constitutional and statutory authority, “I hereby direct all executive departments and agencies (agencies) to take immediate steps to effectuate the withdrawal of the United States from the organizations listed in section 2 of this memorandum as soon as possible.” Coverage by major outlets such as the Los Angeles Times describes the same action, noting that Trump “directed all executive departments and agencies to take steps to ‘effectuate the withdrawal’ of the U.S. from the organizations as soon as possible,” which confirms that this direction was indeed issued. Therefore, the statement is true because it accurately restates the directive contained in Section 1(c) of the official presidential memorandum and is corroborated by independent reporting.