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US says it intends to rejoin Unesco

12 Jun 2023 11:17pm
Unesco Director-General Audrey Azoulay delivers a speech to announce the United States' request to return to the institution, at the Unesco headquarters in Paris, on June 12, 2023. The United States plans to rejoin Unesco from July this year, ending a lengthy dispute that saw Washington end its membership in 2018, the UN cultural agency announced on June 12. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)
Unesco Director-General Audrey Azoulay delivers a speech to announce the United States' request to return to the institution, at the Unesco headquarters in Paris, on June 12, 2023. The United States plans to rejoin Unesco from July this year, ending a lengthy dispute that saw Washington end its membership in 2018, the UN cultural agency announced on June 12. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)
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PARIS, France - The United States is to rejoin Unesco, the United Nations' Paris-based scientific and cultural organisation, Unesco Director-General Audrey Azoulay said on Monday.

"This is a strong act of confidence, in Unesco and in multilateralism. Not only in the centrality of the organisation's mandate - culture, education, science, information - but also in the way this mandate is being implemented today," Azoulay said, reported German news agency dpa.

She said the US had officially informed her of the decision to rejoin in July based on a concrete financial plan.

The US suspended its contributions to Unesco in 2011 and notified the organisation of its decision to withdraw legally on Oct 12, 2017.

The return of the United States was made possible by the agreement reached by Congress in December 2022 authorising financial contributions to Unesco, the organisation said in a statement. - BERNAMA-dpa

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