With outright lies, rhetorical propaganda, the US withdraws from UNESCO, one of humankind’s greatest guardians of heritage and promoters of culture and knowledge.
Another dark day. But there will be a dawn, sooner or later.
Remember this:
Archibald MacLeish, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Librarian of Congress, and public intellectual, played a crucial role in the founding ethos of UNESCO in the aftermath of World War II. As a member of the U.S. delegation to the 1945 conference that led to the establishment of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, MacLeish helped craft the preamble to UNESCO’s Constitution, a document whose language carries the idealism, caution, and tragic awareness of a world recently torn apart by fascism and genocide.
Here is the most famous portion of that preamble, attributed to MacLeish as its principal author:
“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.”
And now this disgrace:
…
State Department
The United States Withdraws from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
PRESS STATEMENT
TAMMY BRUCE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON
JULY 22, 2025
Today, the United States informed Director-General Audrey Azoulay of the United States’ decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Continued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States.
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. UNESCO’s decision to admit the “State of Palestine” as a Member State is highly problematic, contrary to U.S. policy, and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Israel rhetoric within the organization.
Continued U.S. participation in international organizations will focus on advancing American interests with clarity and conviction.
Pursuant to Article II(6) of the UNESCO Constitution, U.S. withdrawal will take effect on December 31, 2026. The United States will remain a full member of UNESCO until that time.
Another dark day. But there will be a dawn, sooner or later.
Remember this:
Archibald MacLeish, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Librarian of Congress, and public intellectual, played a crucial role in the founding ethos of UNESCO in the aftermath of World War II. As a member of the U.S. delegation to the 1945 conference that led to the establishment of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, MacLeish helped craft the preamble to UNESCO’s Constitution, a document whose language carries the idealism, caution, and tragic awareness of a world recently torn apart by fascism and genocide.
Here is the most famous portion of that preamble, attributed to MacLeish as its principal author:
“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.”
And now this disgrace:
…
State Department
The United States Withdraws from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
PRESS STATEMENT
TAMMY BRUCE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON
JULY 22, 2025
Today, the United States informed Director-General Audrey Azoulay of the United States’ decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Continued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States.
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. UNESCO’s decision to admit the “State of Palestine” as a Member State is highly problematic, contrary to U.S. policy, and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Israel rhetoric within the organization.
Continued U.S. participation in international organizations will focus on advancing American interests with clarity and conviction.
Pursuant to Article II(6) of the UNESCO Constitution, U.S. withdrawal will take effect on December 31, 2026. The United States will remain a full member of UNESCO until that time.
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