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What to Know About the U.S. Move to Withdraw From UNESCO

The Trump administration plans to pull out of the U.N. cultural agency, putting UNESCO back at the center of geopolitical ...

What Trump Quitting UNESCO Means For 26 U.S. World Heritage Sites

UNESCO runs the influential World Heritage Sites program. There are 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the United States ...

The US decision to leave UNESCO again puts a spotlight on what the agency does

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 ...

Why the U.S. is pulling out of UNESCO | About That

Andrew Chang explains why U.S. President Donald Trump decided to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...

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 ...

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 ...
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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 pulling U.S. out of UNESCO, the U.N. scientific and cultural agency, 2 years after Biden rejoined

The decision comes roughly two years after former President Joe Biden reentered the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

11 UNESCO World Heritage Sites That Spark Wonder, from Ancient Cities to Legendary Rocks

While it would take more than a lifetime to visit the 1,200 or so sites on the list, these 11 must-visit places spark ...
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Iowa City will retain UNESCO City of Literature status

Iowa City's designation as a UNESCO City of Literature will not be affected by the Trump administration's announcement that ...