Diplomacy. The United States leaves UNESCO, the UN education organization.

The United States announced on Tuesday its withdrawal from UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

UNESCO headquarters are located in Paris. Photo: Sipa/Thomas Padilla

The United States announced on Tuesday its withdrawal from UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, which it had already left under Donald Trump at the end of 2018 before returning in June 2023.

"Continued U.S. participation in UNESCO is not in the national interest," State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said, adding that the agency is biased against Israel and promotes "divisive" causes.

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