US Withdraws from UNESCO

[Swordsmyth]

The US State Department confirmed the country is officially withdrawing from UNESCO, the UN’s cultural body it helped found in 1945, citing “anti-Israeli bias” and the need for reform. The move will take effect on December 31, the US announced.
“This decision was not taken lightly, and reflects US concerns with mounting arrears at UNESCO, the need for fundamental reform in the organization, and continuing anti-Israel bias at UNESCO,” the State Department said in a Thursday statement cited by Reuters.
Washington will remain in the organization “as a non-member observer state in order to contribute US views, perspectives and expertise,” the statement said. There has been no immediate comment from the US government.


Earlier, Washington officials told AP that the United States is withdrawing from UNESCO after repeated criticism of resolutions that the Trump administration perceived as anti-Israeli.
UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova said she received official notification from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, adding she expressed “profound regret at the decision of the United States of America to withdraw from UNESCO.”

More at: https://www.infowars.com/us-withdraws-from-unesco/

[goldenequity]

MOSCOW SHARES CONCERN OF MANY COUNTRIES OVER UNESCO'S EXCESSIVE POLITICIZATION, HOPES NEW DIRECTOR WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO CHANGE CURRENT SITUATION - RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY

[Anti Federalist]

Good, even if for the wrong reasons.

[Swordsmyth]

Good, even if for the wrong reasons.

Now we need to stop being a non-member observer state and then leave the UN entirely.

[Swordsmyth]

Israel to join US in quitting Unescohttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41598991.anti-islam

[donnay]

Now we need to stop being a non-member observer state and then leave the UN entirely.

Absolutely! I have been saying that for years!

Reagan got us out of UNESCO and Poppy Bush pulled us back in. :mad:

[Swordsmyth]

The United States and Israel officially quit the U.N.'s educational, scientific and cultural agency at the stroke of midnight, the culmination of a process triggered more than a year ago amid concerns that the organization fosters anti-Israel bias.
The withdrawal is mainly procedural yet serves a new blow to UNESCO, co-founded by the U.S. after World War II to foster peace.
The Trump administration filed its notice to withdraw in October 2017 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu followed suit.


More at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-israel-quit-un-agency-unesco-claiming-anti-israeli-bias