June 12 (UPI) — The United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, said Monday that the United States will join the organization after a six-year absence.
Azoulay said he had worked for years since the U. S. had been working since the U. S. had been in the U. S. UU. se was to ease political tension within the organization, specifically on issues related to the Middle East.
“This is an act of strong trust towards UNESCO and multilateralism,” Azoulay said in a statement. “Not in the centrality of the Organization’s mandate (culture, education, science, data), but also in the way that mandate is implemented today. “
The United States officially withdrew from the organization of former President Donald Trump’s administration in 2017 along with Israel after accusing UNESCO of “anti-Israel bias. “However, he remained a non-member observer.
Congress legalized in December 2022 that contributions could return to UNESCO, opening the door to the return of the United States.
“New projects have been introduced that allow UNESCO to fully cope with new demanding situations, such as the ethics of synthetic intelligence or ocean cover, while new flagship campaigns on the ground, adding the structure of Mosul’s Old City. , Iraq, have enabled the organization to reconnect with its historic ambitions,” UNESCO said in a statement.