US aims to rejoin Unesco to push back on China

By Associated Press

Jun 12, 2023 7:45 am

WASHINGTON, D.C.: United States President Joe Biden's administration says the US will rejoin the United Nations' educational agency after a five-year absence that began during his predecessor Donald Trump's term.

The US State Department said it had delivered a letter seeking readmission to the Paris-based UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) late last week.

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