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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Trump pulls US out of Unesco in blow for UN culture and education agency

Unesco flag in front of the Eiffel tower
The Unesco flag flies at its headquarters in Paris. Trump pulled the US out of Unesco during his first term, and the US rejoined in 2023 under Joe Biden. Photograph: Abdul Saboor/Reuters

The US will quit the United Nations’ culture and education agency Unesco, the US state department has said, as Donald Trump continues to pull out of international institutions.

“Unesco works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN’s sustainable development goals, a globalist, ideological agenda for international development at odds with our America First foreign policy,” a state department spokesperson, Tammy Bruce, said.

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