Donald Trump 'proudly' withdraws US from UN body that pushes 'global DEI reparations agenda'

US officials also argued the UN body violated the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection clause.

State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott declared: "America will no longer lend its credibility to racist organisations".

He added: "Radical activists who embrace DEI ideology and seek to compel the United States to adopt policies mandating race-based wealth redistribution, in organisations such as the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent will no longer be entertained."

The forum has championed what it terms a "global reparations agenda" aimed at providing compensation to Africa and the African diaspora for historical injustices including colonialism, enslavement, apartheid and genocide.

The reparations drive has extended beyond traditional policy areas into emerging technologies.

The body has argued that only "reparatory justice" can address what it described as "technology-enabled racism" in fields such as artificial intelligence.

Mr Pigott declared: "The United States is proudly withdrawing from racist organisations such as this forum."

Justin Hansford, a law professor at Howard University and advocate of critical race theory, served as one of the forum's ten members from March 2022.

He was the sole US-based representative on the body and has since left the position.

Prof Hansford has previously advocated for the abolition of police departments and expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

He has also backed proposals for a UN tribunal that would compel the United States to pay $5million (£3.7million) in reparations to every black American.

Last year, Democrat Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley reintroduced a bill which would force the US government to look into reparations for slavery.

However, the federal legislation failed to pass under the Republican-controlled Congress.

Ms Pressley accused the Trump administration of "working actively to roll back decades of progress and more recent progress when it comes to our civil rights.”

The Democrat added: “We find ourselves in a moment of emboldened white supremacy and anti-Black racism, and a weaponised Supreme Court that is actively gutting protections and progress that has been made."

When asked about the possibility of reparations in his first term, Mr Trump said: "I don't see it happening".

Speaking at the UN General Assembly in September, the President accused the organisation of ignoring global problems or making them worse and leaving him to deal with the fallout.

Mr Trump said it was "not even coming close to living up to [its] potential".

He added: “It’s too bad that I had to do these things instead of the United Nations doing them.

“I ended seven wars, dealt with the leaders of each and every one of these countries, and never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in finalizing the deal.”