The United States returns to UNESCO since Trump announced his departure in 2017

USA is already a member of the Unesco upon completion of the last procedures for their re-entry, that the countries of this body of the UN approved at the end of June, the institution announced on Tuesday.

“The return of united state to the Unesco It is effective. It is once again officially a Member State of our organization”, the director general of Unesco, Audrey Azoulay.

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At the end of June, a large majority of countries voted in favor of rejoining the organization of the UN for Education, Culture and Science, which Washington left during the presidency of donald trump (2017-2021).

On Monday, he completed the process of accepting the UNESCO Constitutive Actthat he United Kingdomdepositary of this document, then registered, according to a diplomat of the organization.

The United States announced in October 2017 its departure from the organization for its “persistent anti-Israeli bias”. This withdrawal, accompanied by that of Israel, became effective in December 2018.

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His return as UNESCO’s 194th member comes against a backdrop of growing rivalry with a China who wishes to transform the international multilateral order born of the Second World War.

Ten countries opposed Washington’s return, including Iran, SyriaChina, North Korea and Russia. His return is a relief for the institution, whose budget depended 22% on funds from Washington.

Source: Elcomercio

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