Posted Jun 24, 2023, 6:22 AM
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Rust Belt Motherland
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Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 780
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Great news for any future hope that US sites will be granted UNESCO World Heritage status.
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/12/11816...ership-funding
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The U.S. says it wants to rejoin UNESCO after exiting during the Trump administration
UNESCO — the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — said in a press release Monday that the State Department had sent the Paris-based organization a letter announcing its decision to rejoin the educational and cultural body, which is widely known for its list of World Heritage Sites.
"This is a strong act of confidence, in UNESCO and in multilateralism," UNESCO director-general Audrey Azoulay said in a statement. "Not only in the centrality of the Organization's mandate — culture, education, science, information — but also in the way this mandate is being implemented today."
Congress agreed last year that the U.S. could make financial contributions to UNESCO, and the group said in December that the country could return as a member, though the proposed plan must be approved by member states.
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