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nsypteras | 7 months ago

1984: U.S. withdraws. 2003: U.S. rejoins. 2011: U.S. stops paying dues after Palestine joins. 2017: U.S. announces withdrawal (effective end of 2018). 2023: U.S. rejoins, pledges to repay dues. 2025: U.S announces withdrawal

Seems to be a revolving door

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rjzzleep|7 months ago

They're getting ready to bomb Iran's UNESCO sites. They did bomb several UNESCO sites in Yugoslavia and other places while they left. Their boy Grossi also told the whole world that there is a big target on a UNESCO site a short while back.

selimthegrim|7 months ago

Which site in Yugoslavia did they bomb?

rs186|7 months ago

Makes me wonder if officials at UNESCO even cares about the decision. "Oh that again?" Probably already used to this.

rgblambda|7 months ago

Similar to the Israeli ambassador being recalled from Dublin. They mean it as a big dramatic statement but they've done it that many times it's lost all significance.

She only gets reinstated again for the purpose of making another dramatic exit.

SllX|7 months ago

They’re never happy about the loss of money. For UN institutions, the US usually contributes a theoretical cap of about 22% but in real terms I think it’s more like a quarter of their annual budget or a little over in some cases. When we’re not paying, that’s a lot of money that UNESCO isn’t getting.

bad_haircut72|7 months ago

If you abandon it completely something else might rise up - but funding/participating only up to a point, it works to suppress it - see Ukraine aid policies aswell

Tostino|7 months ago

Look at the years, and see how they match up with the administration in power...

yencabulator|7 months ago

  1984 withdraw Reagan
  2003 rejoin   Bush
  2011 protest  Obama (forced by law)
  2017 withdraw Trump
  2023 rejoin   Biden
  2025 withdraw Trump

Kinda tracks, except for the Bush one.

paulddraper|7 months ago

Tbf, if you remove the Biden 2023 pledge, the rest makes sense:

In the two decades between 1984 and 2003, UNESCO implemented a number of reforms in management+transparency+politicization, and the U.S. returned.

Then Palestine was admitted, and the U.S. left.

DSingularity|7 months ago

Cycle of politician appeasing their genocidal masters until the government start to realize what that means exactly at which point we pull back to humanity.