The State Department cites political concerns, but UNESCO vows to keep its global doors open to all travelers.

The Trump administration plans the departure for the end of 2026 and criticizes the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The country previously left the agency for two brief stints—once from 1984 to 2003 and again from 2017 to 2023. The newly ...

With the support of international partners and $115 million in funding, the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO recently helped rebuild the Iraqi city of Mosul after it was devastated by the Islamic State ...

Whale oil was an essential fuel of the Industrial Revolution, used to lubricate machinery, soften fabric and light city ...

The United States has announced its decision to withdraw from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) for the third time in h ...

Washington had been a buffer against China’s efforts to use UNESCO to influence education, historical designations and even ...

President Donald Trump has decided to pull the United States out of the "woke" and "divisive" U.N. culture and education ...

Kirill Rynza expressed hope that a new UNESCO head, to be elected this October, "will pay all the effort to change the existing situation and will focus on humanitarian aspects" ...

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will once again withdraw from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, an expected ...

She chaired four sessions, vice-chaired one and presented two impactful research papers—one on gender and political ...