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A look at UNESCO and its work as the US decides again to leave the cultural agency
With the support of international partners and $115 million in funding, the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO recently helped ...
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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 ...
Trump pulls US out of UN cultural agency UNESCO for second time
President Donald Trump has decided to pull the United States out of the "woke" and "divisive" U.N. culture and education ...
US to withdraw from UNESCO again, citing anti-Israel bias
The Trump administration in 2017 announced that the U.S. would withdraw from UNESCO, citing anti-Israel bias. That decision ...
What the U.S. Pulling Out of UNESCO Means For 26 World Heritage Sites in the U.S.
UNESCO runs the influential World Heritage Sites program. There are 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the United States ...
UNESCO’s 2025 heritage picks: 26 sites added, Africa leads, histories honoured (full list inside)
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee recently concluded its session in Paris. Twenty-six new sites were added to the prestigious ...
U.S. pulls out of UNESCO. Did you know these places in California are recognized by it?
Several places in Los Angeles and further north in California are on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Here's what that means.
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Paris 2024: UNESCO hosts The Associated Press at its Paris Headquarters ...
PARIS, July 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — For the duration of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, The Associated Press will provide international media with broadcast facilities and live shots from the ...
The forest of Fontainebleau soon to be classified by Unesco?
Classified as a 'biosphere reserve' by Unesco since 1998, this protected area could soon be listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site. The mayor of this Seine-et-Marne commune , Julien Gondard, slipped ...