Tomorrow (October 24) marks the 81st anniversary of the UN Charter’s entry into force. While U.S. presidents have commemorated United Nations Day nearly every year since 1948, last year’s absence of a presidential proclamation by Donald Trump has raised questions about whether this trend signals a shift or remains an anomaly.
Despite decades of recognition, the United Nations fundamentally contradicts American governance principles. The U.S. Declaration of Independence asserts that rights are God-given and unalienable, whereas the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights frames rights as government-created, subject to legal limitations and subordinate to “the purposes and principles of the United Nations.” Article 25 of the UN Charter demands member states accept and carry out Security Council decisions—a direct conflict with Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, which declares the Constitution itself “the supreme Law of the Land.”
The organization also advances policies diametrically opposed to foundational American values, spanning immigration reform, law enforcement approaches, climate strategies, reparations frameworks, labor regulations, taxation models, educational standards, homeschooling restrictions, global censorship mechanisms, reproductive rights, and even geographical representation. This growing divergence renders continued U.S. participation in the UN increasingly incompatible with constitutional integrity.
Americans must act swiftly to sever this contradiction. The Disengaging Entirely From the United Nations Debacle (DEFUND) Act (H.R. 1498 and S. 669)—which would fully withdraw the nation from the UN—is a critical step toward reclaiming sovereignty. Citizens should urge their representatives to support this measure and mobilize communities to advance this resolution before next year’s UN Day.