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What to Know About the U.S. Move to Withdraw From UNESCO

The Trump administration plans to pull out of the U.N. cultural agency, putting UNESCO back at the center of geopolitical ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d

The U.S. Is Withdrawing From UNESCO for the Third Time in the Agency’s 80-Year History

The country previously left the agency for two brief stints—once from 1984 to 2003 and again from 2017 to 2023. The newly ...
DPA International on MSN3d

US to pull out of UNESCO as 'not in the national interest'

The United States will withdraw from UNESCO by the end of 2026, Washington said on Tuesday, just two years after rejoining ...
Nature2d

Researchers in dismay as US exits world science body UNESCO … again

The Trump administration plans the departure for the end of 2026 and criticizes the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The US decision to leave UNESCO again puts a spotlight on what the agency does and why it matters

The decision to pull U.S. funding and participation from UNESCO will deal a blow to its work preserving cultural heritage ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency2d

Trump exits UNESCO again, citing anti-Israel bias — and spurring concern for Jewish sites

President Donald Trump has once again withdrawn the United States from UNESCO, accusing the U.N.’s science and cultural and ...

China reacts to Trump's UNESCO decision

"This is not what a major country should do," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said of Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from UNESCO.
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U.N. Regrets U.S. Decision to Withdraw From UNESCO

The Trump Administration announced on Tuesday that the United States will once again withdraw from UNESCO, the United Nations cultural agency that preserves World Heritage sites and promotes ...