Once again, the U.S. will depart from UNESCO.
Goodbye, UNESCO.
Once again, the United States will leave the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as part of President Donald Trump’s aim to take America out of world institutions he has been critical of, according to two European diplomats.
According to Newsmax, The White House did not respond for a request to comment.
But the New York Post reported that Trump took a similar path during his first term when he pulled the U.S. out of the World Health Organization, the U.N. Human Rights Council, a global climate change accord, and the Iran nuclear deal.
Still, President Joe Biden undid Trump’s decisions after he took office in 2021, restoring the U.S. to UNESCO, the WHO, and the climate agreement.
UNESCO, an agency based in Paris, is most known for designating World Heritage Sites, including the Grand Canyon, the San Antonio missions and Yellowstone National Park.
UNESCO was founded in 1945, the same year the United States joined the organization. Nevertheless, the relationship between America and the organization has been irregular; in 1984 the U.S. left it, citing financial mismanagement and an alleged anti-U.S. bias.
The U.S. returned to UNESCO in 2003 under President George W. Bush.
The United States provides about 8% of UNESCO’s total budget, down from about 20% at the time Trump first pulled the United States out of the agency.
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