Push to defund and dismantle the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and eliminate its funding from the UN regular budget.

We strongly urge your administration to take decisive action to fully dismantle UNRWA and eliminate it from the UN budget.

Sen. Mike Lee cosigned a letter urging President Trump to defund, dismantle UNRWA, and remove its funding from the U.N. budget.

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Lee joined a coalition letter urging Trump to defund UNRWA; the letter says UNRWA "must be dismantled" and to "eliminate it from the UN budget."

This is the clearest recent official action by Lee on the claim. It shows active pressure to dismantle UNRWA and remove its UN-budget support, but it is still a request rather than a completed policy change.

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The White House said Trump issued an order "prohibiting any future funding" for UNRWA.

This shows one component of the broader anti-UNRWA push has already been implemented at the executive level, but it does not show elimination of UN regular-budget support or full dismantling of the agency.

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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Withdraws the United States from International Organizations that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States – The White House
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Lee joined a Senate Republican coalition letter urging Trump to defund UNRWA, saying the agency "must be dismantled" and that it should be eliminated from the UN budget; the release also says UNRWA still receives $70 million annually from the UN regular budget.

This is the clearest direct action by Lee on the claim. It shows active pressure to dismantle UNRWA and cut off UN-budget support, but it is still only a request, not completed policy change.

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UNRWA fired 70 Gaza staffers after a watchdog probe, but the article says the agency remains active and that the UN annual budget still earmarks around $70 million for UNRWA.

Within the lookback window, this shows UNRWA was still operating and still receiving UN regular-budget funding, so Lee's broader promise had not been fully delivered.

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UNRWA fires 70 Gaza staffers as it grapples with 'Hamas problem'
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