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Explained: Trump Pulled US Out Of UNESCO In Blow For UN Culture And Education Agency

Explained: Trump Pulled US Out Of UNESCO In Blow For UN Culture And Education Agency

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The US will quit the United Nations' culture and education agency Unesco, the US state department has said, as Donald Trump continues to pull out of international institutions.'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,' a state department spokesperson, Tammy Bruce, said.The move is a blow to the Paris-based global organisation, founded after the second world war to promote peace through international cooperation in education, science and culture.News18 Mobile App - https://onelink.to/desc-youtube
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