Unesco without the US


The UN cultural and education body has been accused by the Trump administration of promoting 'divisive social and cultural causes' besides having an 'outsized focus' on the SDGs. — AP

“CONTINUED involvement in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation is not in the national interest of the United States,” announced State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce recently.

The announcement should not come as a surprise. America had exited Unesco during Donald Trump’s first presidency (and even earlier), before the decision was reversed under the Joe Biden administration.

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