{"id":34630,"date":"2018-10-31T12:35:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T07:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34630"},"modified":"2018-10-31T12:35:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T07:05:23","slug":"u-s-israel-quit-unesco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/u-s-israel-quit-unesco\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S., Israel quit UNESCO:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/us-pulls-out-of-unesco-over-israel\/article19849188.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S., Israel quit UNESCO<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United States (U.S) has announced its withdrawal from <\/span><b>the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, accusing it of \u201c<\/span><b>continuing anti-Israel bias<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the major concern?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO is the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first UN agency <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to have <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">admitted Palestine as a full member<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2011. As required by law, the U<\/span><b>.S. has stopped funding UNESCO since then<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The U.S. withdrawal will take effect on December 31, 2018. Until then, it will remain a full member.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The State Department of U.S said it would like to remain involved as <\/span>a<b> nonmember observer state<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That will allow the United States to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">engage in debates and activities<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, though it will <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lose its right to vote<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Israel has also decided to pull out of UNESCO.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Immediate impact<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most immediate impact is that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the U.S. will halt the arrears<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it has run up since it <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stopped funding the organization<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2011 to protest UNESCO\u2019s admission of Palestine as a full member.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the end of this calendar year, the unpaid U.S. bill will amount to $550 million. With no sign that U.S. concerns would be addressed, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson decided to pull out after Dec. 31, 2018, when the unpaid balance will top $600 million.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Controversy over UNESCO<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO is best known for its <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Heritage Program<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to protect cultural sites and traditions around the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent years, Israel has repeatedly complained about what it says is the body taking sides in disputes over cultural heritage sites in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israel and UNESCO have a contentious relationship, and Israel recalled its ambassador to UNESCO in 2016, accusing it of ignoring Jewish views of the heritage of the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>UNESCO<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO&#8217;s messages are of increasing importance today, in a globalized world where interconnections and diversity must serve as opportunities to build peace in the minds of men and women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO is responsible for coordinating international cooperation in education, science, culture and communication. It strengthens the ties between nations and societies, and mobilizes the wider public so that each child and citizen:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has access to quality education; a basic human right and an indispensable prerequisite for sustainable development;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">may grow and live in a cultural environment rich in diversity and dialogue, where heritage serves as a bridge between generations and peoples;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can fully benefit from scientific advances;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and can enjoy full freedom of expression; the basis of democracy, development and human dignity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S., Israel quit UNESCO: Context The United States (U.S) has announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), accusing it of \u201ccontinuing anti-Israel bias.\u201d What is the major concern? UNESCO is the first UN agency to have admitted Palestine as a full member in 2011. 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