The American president evokes as argument the “anti-American and anti-Israeli trends of the United Nations as well as his WOKE program”
Donald Trump had already withdrawn his UNESCO country in 2017, during his first mandate. The United States announced on Tuesday withdrawn from Unesco, the United Nations of Education, Science and Culture. “The continuation of the United States’s participation in UNESCO is not in the national interest”said in a statement the spokesperson for the State Department, Tammy Bruce, believing that the agency shows bias against Israel and promotes causes “Clivantes”.
The announcement is not exactly a surprise because Donald Trump had explained, during the last presidential campaign, that he intended to withdraw his country from the organization in the event of a victory. In 2017, the American president had already ordered such a withdrawal; His successor, Joe Biden, joined him the organization in June 2023.
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“As regrettable as it was, this announcement was expected and Unesco has prepared for it,” UNESCO Director Audrey Azoulay said on Tuesday in a statement.
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