The U.S. left the Geneva-based Human Rights Council last year, and it stopped funding the agency assisting Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, after Israel accused it of harboring Hamas militants who participated in the surprise Oct.

The president's executive order also cuts future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides aid to Palestinians.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a document to stop U.S. engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council and continue a halt to funding for the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA.