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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 ...

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 ...

A look at UNESCO and its work as the US decides again to leave the cultural agency

The restoration of the historic city's iconic Al-Nouri Mosque and Al-Hadba Minaret was just one of many programs run by the U ...
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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 ...
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U.S. Announces Exit From UNESCO—Here’s What It Means for Travelers

The State Department cites political concerns, but UNESCO vows to keep its global doors open to all travelers.

China Reacts to Trump's UNESCO Decision

"This is not what a major country should do," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said of Donald Trump's decision ...
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UNESCO regional support strategy for Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Timor-Leste (2024-2027)

These areas reflect the region’s most pressing needs and are fully aligned with UNESCO’s Medium-Term Strategy (2022–2029) and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework’s (UNSDCF) core ...