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

Trump ordered a 90-day review of America’s presence in UNESCO back in February, with special emphasis on probing ...

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

Trump administration announces exit, set to take effect December 2026, repeating 2018 withdrawal over policy conflicts ...

Washington had been a buffer against China’s efforts to use UNESCO to influence education, historical designations and even ...

The State Department cites political concerns, but UNESCO vows to keep its global doors open to all travelers.

A huge prehistoric structure in Ohio has become the 25th US landmark to be awarded a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, which is made up of eight monumental ...

Israel followed suit. As of December 2020, the US owed Unesco around $616m in unpaid membership dues. The article adopted in December 2022 by Congress grants a waiver to the 1990 law.

US first lady Jill Biden (C) is welcomed as she arrives to celebrate the US rejoining UNESCO, at the Orly Airport in Orly, Paris' suburb, on July 24, 2023.

US formally rejoins UNESCO after five-year absence The United States has formally rejoined the U.N.'s scientific, educational and cultural organization Matthew Lee Tuesday 11 July 2023 17:43 BST ...

In the statement, Netanyahu hailed the US move as a “courageous and moral decision.” He said UNESCO had “turned into a theatre of the absurd; instead of preserving history, it twists it.” ...