The U.S. Is Withdrawing From UNESCO for the Third Time in the Agency's 80-Year History

Trump Administration Pulls U.S. out of UNESCO -- Again -- Reversing Biden

The Trump administration officially withdrew from UNESCO on Tuesday, reversing another policy of President Joe Biden's administration.

The U.S. Is Withdrawing From UNESCO for the Third Time in the Agency's 80-Year History

The country previously left the agency for two brief stints—once from 1984 to 2003 and again from 2017 to 2023. The newly announced decision will take effect by the end of 2026

Holy See at the UN urges sustainable development as US pulls out of UNESCO

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, delivered a statement at the UN July 22.

Holy See at the UN urges sustainable development as US pulls out of UNESCO - The Record Newspaper

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations, is pictured in a March 24, 2022, photo. The “distorted” thought that one person is better than another goes against Catholic teaching and flies in the face of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the archbishop told a U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York March 21, 2023. (OSV News Photo by Gregory A. Shemitz) By OSV News, OSV News Archbishop Gabrie…

Cuba Criticizes US Withdrawal from UNESCO

Havana, July 23 (ACN) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez described Washington’s decision to withdraw from the United Nations Education and Culture Organization (UNESCO) as contempt for multilateralism.

Trump Once Again Withdraws United States from UNESCO

The administration of President Donald J. Trump on July 22 announced that the US would pull out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, which preserves 1,200 World Heritage sites, including the birthplace of Jesus in Palestine, Machu Picchu in Peru, the Taj Mahal in India, and the Grand Canyon in […]