{"id":2465164,"date":"2025-07-22T10:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-pulls-unesco-membership\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T10:28:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:28:31","slug":"state-department-pulls-unesco-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-pulls-unesco-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department pulls UNESCO membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-department-pulls-unesco-membership%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2465164&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S.State department announced it will withdraw from UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, due to what it describes as the organization&#8217;s anti-Israel bias, particularly related to its recognition of Palestinian statehood.The decision, effective at the end of 2026, reflects the Trump governance&#8217;s view that UNESCO&#8217;s membership is not in the national interest, citing concerns over its alignment with globalist agendas and the proliferation of anti-Israel rhetoric. This marks the second U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO, with the first occurring in 2017 for similar reasons. the U.S.rejoined in 2023 under the Biden administration, which sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-eye-pro-iran-propaganda-in-us-colleges-after-prof-claims-israel-behind-rushdie-attack\/\" title=\"Republicans Eye Pro-Iran Propaganda in US Colleges After Prof Claims Israel Behind Rushdie Attack\">counter foreign influence<\/a>, particularly from China. UNESCO&#8217;s Director-General expressed disappointment, defending UNESCO&#8217;s work on issues like AI ethics, girls&#8217; education, and Holocaust education, and reaffirmed the organization&#8217;s commitment to fighting antisemitism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">State Department pulls UNESCO membership<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2179184\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"State Department\">State Department<\/a> announced on Tuesday that the United States is withdrawing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"State Department\">United Nations<\/a> Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, citing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/promises-kept-on-social-security-medicare-npr-white-house-report-card-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Promises kept on Social Security, Medicare, NPR: White House Report Card - Washington Examiner\">international body&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s anti-Israel bias in its recognition of Palestinian statehood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unesco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"UNESCO\">UNESCO<\/a> membership &ldquo;is not in the national interest&rdquo; of the Trump administration, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2025\/07\/the-united-states-withdraws-from-the-united-nations-educational-scientific-and-cultural-organization-unesco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"statement\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3477895\/aoc-funds-genocide-graffiti-campaign-office-aoc-rebukes-lies-israel-vote\/\">&#8216;AOC funds genocide&#8217;: Graffiti defaces campaign office as AOC rebukes &lsquo;lies&rsquo; over Israel vote<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3476992\/japanese-prime-minister-ishiba-resignation-calls-election-loss-trump-tariff-deal\/\">Japanese prime minister refuses resignation calls after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rolls-the-dice-on-the-economy-long-his-top-issue\/\" title=\"Trump rolls the dice on the economy, long his top issue\">election loss due<\/a> to Trump&#8217;s Aug. 1 tariff deal deadline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3476413\/rubio-hits-brazilian-judge-with-visa-restrictions-over-bolsonaro-witch-hunt\/\">Rubio hits Brazilian judge with visa restrictions over Bolsonaro &#8216;witch hunt&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;UNESCO works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN&rsquo;s Sustainable Development Goals, a globalist, ideological agenda for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-kills-trump-budget-cuts-totaling-27-4-billion\/\" title=\"Biden Kills Trump Budget Cuts Totaling .4 Billion\">international development<\/a> at odds with our America First foreign policy,&rdquo; Bruce added. &ldquo;UNESCO&rsquo;s decision to admit the &lsquo;State of Palestine&rsquo; as a Member State is highly problematic, contrary to U.S. policy, and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Israel rhetoric within the organization.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The move will take effect at the end of 2026. The U.S. will remain a full UNESCO member until then.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&rsquo;s announcement marks the second time that the U.S. has withdrawn from the U.N.&rsquo;s cultural organization. The first time was in 2017 during President Donald Trump&rsquo;s first term. That decision was also made concerning the organization&rsquo;s anti-Israel bias.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. rejoined UNESCO in 2023 under the Biden administration, which argued that the nation&rsquo;s absence from the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >international group left<\/a> a void that foreign adversaries, such as China, were filling.<\/p>\n<p>UNESCO admitted Palestinians as full members in 2011, after which the U.S. stopped funding the Paris-based agency.<\/p>\n<p>The latest move is in line with Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/02\/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-and-ending-funding-to-certain-united-nations-organizations-and-reviewing-united-states-support-to-all-international-organizations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"executive order\">executive order<\/a> from February that called for a 90-day review of federal funding and involvement in the U.N., including UNESCO. The general review specifically probed &ldquo;any anti-Semitism or anti-Israel sentiment within the organization,&rdquo; the order read.<\/p>\n<p>The administration&rsquo;s review revealed UNESCO not only engaged in anti-Israel bias but also pro-China bias and pursued diversity, equity, and inclusion, the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/22\/us-news\/trump-to-pull-us-out-of-unesco-over-dei-policies-pro-palestinian-pro-china-tilt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New York Post\">New York Post<\/a><\/em>  reported. For example, UNESCO published an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/unesdoc.unesco.org\/ark:\/48223\/pf0000387454\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"anti-racism toolkit\">anti-racism toolkit<\/a>&rdquo; in 2023 and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/articles\/unesco-and-eight-goals-one-foundation-launch-gender-equality-quest-video-games-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> in 2024 exploring how video games could &ldquo;promote gender equality and human rights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In response to the U.S.&rsquo;s withdrawal, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay expressed disappointment in the Trump administration&rsquo;s decision.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3476399\/judge-partially-blocks-trump-order-targeting-international-criminal-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"JUDGE PARTIALLY BLOCKS TRUMP ORDER TARGETING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT\">JUDGE PARTIALLY BLOCKS TRUMP ORDER TARGETING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I deeply regret President Donald Trump&rsquo;s decision to once again withdraw the United States of America from UNESCO,&rdquo; she said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/articles\/withdrawal-united-states-america-unesco-statement-audrey-azoulay-director-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"press release\">press release<\/a>. &ldquo;This decision contradicts the fundamental principles of multilateralism, and may affect first and foremost our many partners in the United States of America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Azoulay defended the organization&rsquo;s work in setting standards on the ethics of artificial intelligence, promoting girls&rsquo; education, and teaching students about the Holocaust and genocide. Despite the Trump administration&rsquo;s allegations of anti-Israel bias, she claimed UNESCO was committed to fighting antisemitism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2179184\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2179184\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US State Department exits UNESCO over anti-Israel bias<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2465165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UNESCO.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32402,7507,32895,45220],"class_list":["post-2465164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-international-relations","tag-membership","tag-state-department","tag-unesco"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UNESCO.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465164"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465168,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465164\/revisions\/2465168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}