The US announced Tuesday that it will again withdraw from the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural institutions just two years after Washington rejoined, due to what Washington considers anti-Israel prejudice.
“President Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from UNESCO, which supports the common sense policy and completely gradual awakening that Americans voted in November, supporting the divisive cultural and social causes,” White House assistant spokesman Anna Kelly told the New York Post. UNESCO and the White House did not immediately confirm the US move.
This is the third time the US has left Paris-based UNESCO and the second time during the Trump administration. President Donald Trump had already withdrawn during his first term, and the United States has returned after five years of absence since the Biden administration applied to rejoin the organization.
This decision will take effect at the end of December 2026.
MNA