Reference News, July 22 - According to Reuters, on July 22, the New York Post cited a White House official as saying that the United States will again withdraw from UNESCO as President Trump continues to take the US out of international organizations he has long criticized.
This move is a blow to the agency based in Paris. UNESCO, established after World War II, aims to promote peace through international cooperation in education, science and culture.
During his first term as president, Trump also took similar measures, leading the US to withdraw from UNESCO, the World Health Organization, the UN Human Rights Council, a global climate change agreement, and the Iran nuclear deal.
After taking office in 2021, Biden reversed these decisions, bringing the US back to UNESCO, WHO, and the Paris Climate Agreement.
With Trump now returning to the White House, the US is once again withdrawing from these global institutions. The Trump administration also ordered a 90-day suspension of all US foreign aid to assess whether they align with Trump's foreign policy priorities.
According to reports, the US initially joined UNESCO when it was founded in 1945, but withdrew for the first time in 1984 over alleged financial mismanagement and anti-American bias. Nearly 20 years later, in 2003, during the presidency of George W. Bush, the US returned to the organization, with Bush stating that UNESCO had implemented the necessary reforms. (Translated by Liu Xiaoyan)
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