United States Withdraws from UNESCO
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Summary
The United States has decided to withdraw from UNESCO citing reasons related to the organization's focus on divisive social and cultural causes and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The decision was influenced by UNESCO's admission of the 'State of Palestine' as a Member State.
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UNESCO works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
UNESCO’s decision to admit the 'State of Palestine' as a Member State is highly problematic, contrary to U.S. policy, and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Israel bias in UNESCO.
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