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U.S. Will Rejoin UNESCO and Pay $600 Million in Back Dues

HeadlineJun 13, 2023

UNESCO says the United States will rejoin the United Nations’ cultural and scientific agency and will pay more than $600 million in back dues. In 2017, the Trump administration announced it would withdraw the U.S. from UNESCO, citing what it called “anti-Israel bias.” Israel followed suit immediately after. Both the U.S. and Israel stopped paying member dues in 2011 after Palestine joined UNESCO.

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