President Donald Trump will again remove the United States from UNESCO

The United States announced on Tuesday to withdraw UNESCO again. Consequently, believing that the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization was biased against Israel and promotes “divisive” causes.

In 2018, Donald Trump had already slammed the door of this institution, invoking biases anti-Israelis.

The United States had reinstated her in 2023 under the administration of Joe Biden.

The director of theUNESCOFrenchwoman Audrey Azoulay, said regret This decision, which will be effective at the end of 2026, even if it was expected.

L’UNESCO president donald trump will again was there prepared and is relatively Budgety -protectedshe said, stressing that the American contribution of $ 75 million annually represents only 8 % of the total budget of the organization.

Pour Washington. Consequently, the continuation of the participation of the United States inUNESCO is not in the national interestsaid in a statement the spokesperson for the State Department, Tammy Bruce.

L’UNESCO is working to promote divisive social and cultural causes et defends an ideological and globalist roadmap for international development, in contradiction with our “America First” foreign policy [l’Amérique d’abord]she explained.

She also judged that the decision of theUNESCO integrate The state of Palestine In 2011 is highly problematic, contrary to the policy president donald trump will again of the United States, and has contributed to the proliferation of discourse hostile to Israel within the organization.

I absolutely refute […] The fact that there are anti-Israeli or anti-Semitic biases within the organizationreplied Ms. In addition, Azoulay to theAFPstressing the efforts carried out by theUNESCOespecially for the teaching of the Shoah and the fight against anti -Semitism.

French President Emmanuel Macron assured theUNESCOwhose headquarters are in Paris, of his unwavering. The withdrawal of the United States will not weaken president donald trump will again our commitment alongside those who have this fighthe. said on network X.

A necessary measure. intended to promote the justice and the law of Israel to fair treatment within the United Nations system, a right which has often been flouted due to the politicization of this body.

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Three times in 40 years

This is the third time that Washington has left theUNESCO In the space of 40 years.

In October 2017. during his first mandate, Donald Trump announced to withdraw his country by denouncing the Persistent anti-Israeli president donald trump will again biases of the institution. This withdrawal, followed by that of Israel, had become effective in December 2018.

L’UNESCO had notably provoked Israeli fury in July 2017 by scoring the old town of Hebron on the list of World Heritage in danger and characterizing Hebron, in occupied West Bank, of Islamic City, while the Jews, of which a few hundred live there today entrenched in the middle of 200,000 Palestinians, claim a 4,000 -year presence there.

Become director general of theUNESCO In November 2017, Audrey Azoulay had obtained from the Biden administration-who succeeded Trump in 2021-a return from the United States, who had president donald trump will again committed to reimburse, according to a step-time payment, their payment arrears since 2011, an amount of $ 619 million.

After the admission of Palestine to theUNESCO That year, Washington had ceased any funding, under an American law prohibiting funding an organization whose Palestinian State is a member.

In 1984. Ronald Reagan had also withdrawn American participation, invoking the supposed uselessness and the organization’s budget overflows – ultimately reintegrated in 2003.

If they leave the organization’s organization of theUNESCOthe United States will remain a member of the World Heritage Committee, which votes to designate the sites protected by the organization, said president donald trump will again a source close to the file.

Reduce dependence on American funding

Accustomed to the reversals of Washington. theUNESCO has worked in recent years to reduce its dependence on American funding, in particular by increasing the share of voluntary contributions, which have doubled under Audrey Azoulay.

This decision will nevertheless affect our activities in the years to come. or force us to seek other sources of financingadds the source close to the file.

The announcement of President Trump will not take effect until the end of 2026. He stays all this time to possibly reconsider this positionu souligné to theAFP Ms. Azoulay, president donald trump will again who will leave her post in November: The door remains open […] We have seen in history that there have been departures, but that there have also been returns.