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25 minutes ago
- Reuters
Trump pulls US out of UN cultural agency UNESCO for second time
PARIS/WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trumppulled the United States out of the U.N. culture and education agency UNESCO on Tuesday, repeating a move he had already ordered during his first term, which had been reversed under Joe Biden. The withdrawal from the Paris-based agency, which was founded after World War Two to promote peace through international cooperation in education, science, and culture, will take effect on December 31, 2026. "President Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from UNESCO – which supports woke, divisive cultural and social causes that are totally out-of-step with the commonsense policies that Americans voted for in November," White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said. The State Department said remaining in UNESCO was not in the national interest, accusing it of having "a globalist, ideological agenda for international development at odds with our America First foreign policy". UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay said she deeply regretted Trump's decision, but that it was "expected, and UNESCO has prepared for it". The agency had diversified its sources of funding, receiving only about 8% of its budget from Washington, she said. UNESCO was one of several international bodies Trump withdrew from during his first term, along with the World Health Organization, the Paris Agreement global climate change accord and the U.N. Human Rights Council. During his second term, he has largely reinstated those steps. UNESCO officials said the U.S. withdrawal would have some limited impact on programs the United States was financing. Israel welcomed the U.S. decision to quit UNESCO. The U.S. State Department said one of the reasons for the withdrawal was UNESCO's decision to admit Palestine as a member state, which was "contrary to U.S. policy and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Israel rhetoric within the organization." UNESCO officials said all relevant agency statements had been agreed with both Israel and the Palestinians over the past eight years. "The reasons put forward by the United States to withdraw from the Organization are the same as seven years ago even though the situation has changed profoundly, political tensions have receded, and UNESCO today constitutes a rare forum for consensus on concrete and action-oriented multilateralism," Azoulay said. "These claims also contradict the reality of UNESCO's efforts, particularly in the field of Holocaust education and the fight against antisemitism." Diplomats said it was felt at UNESCO that the withdrawal was inevitable for political reasons, given that Biden had brought the U.S. back and had promised to repay arrears from the first time Trump pulled out. UNESCO, whose full name is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is best known for designating World Heritage Sites, including the Grand Canyon in the United States and the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria. The United States initially joined UNESCO at its founding in 1945 but withdrew for the first time in 1984 in protest against alleged financial mismanagement and perceived anti-U.S. bias, returning in 2003 under President George W. Bush, who said the agency had undertaken needed reforms.
Telegraph
25 minutes ago
- Telegraph
Ukrainians caught trying to bring in migrants on yacht
Ukrainian people smugglers have been caught attempting to bring migrants illegally into the UK by yacht. The yacht, carrying four Albanians and a Vietnamese national, was intercepted by a Border Force cutter off the Isle of Wight on Sunday afternoon. It is the latest attempt to smuggle migrants into the UK by yacht where, unlike with small boats, they can make a clandestine entry into the UK without their details being logged by Border Force and immigration officials. Its crew, two Ukrainian men aged 43 and 37, were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration, said the National Crime Agency (NCA). The five passengers were detained under immigration laws. Julian Harriman, the senior investigating officer, said: 'This operation was part of an ongoing NCA investigation led jointly with French judicial authorities and Gendarmerie Nationale. 'Tackling people smuggling gangs remains a priority for both France and the United Kingdom.' The interception came as an Albanian people smuggler was jailed for seven years and 10 months for also using a hired yacht to try to bring 21 migrants across the Channel. Bleda Bega, 44, was captaining the yacht as it sailed towards the south west coast of England. It was intercepted by Border Force on Sunday April 13 where officers discovered the 21 passengers comprising 20 men and one woman, all Albanian nationals. Dame Angela Eagle, the border security minister, said: 'This sentence shows Border Force work to tackle attempts to enter the UK illegally by these criminal smuggling gangs. They have been using state of the art technology and surveillance capabilities. 'This government has put forward a serious, credible plan to restore order to our asylum system, including tougher legislation, increased returns and enhanced enforcement activity to target illegal working. 'Anyone who seeks to smuggle people into the country in this way faces arrest, prosecution and a jail sentence.' 'Low-risk' yachts A former soldier turned people smuggler said earlier this year that yachts were still being used because of the low risk of being caught at marinas that could be protected with no more security than a caravan site. The ex-soldier, who the BBC named as 'Nick', said he had chosen to speak out because he was 'angry' he had been jailed for a crime that was still very possible to commit. He claimed to know people who, in the past year, had used the same routes and methods as him. The smuggling routes – whether by yacht or ferry – were 'easy' and 'low-risk', he said. Border Force is responsible for securing the 11,000 miles of UK coastline, but the security of harbours and marinas rests with private operators, Charlie Eastaugh, the force's director of maritime, told the BBC. 'We patrol 24/7, we carry out proactive, as well as reactive, operations,' he said – citing the luxury yacht, hiding the 20 Albanians below deck, which was intercepted en route to Newquay in Cornwall last month.
The Guardian
an hour ago
- The Guardian
Trump pulls US out of Unesco in blow for UN culture and education agency
The US will quit the United Nations' culture and education agency Unesco as Donald Trump continues to pull out of international institutions, the US state department said on Tuesday. '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 in a statement. 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. The decision is part of the president's second-term drive to pull the US out of a series of global bodies, including leaving the World Health Organization (WHO), halting funding to the Palestinian relief agency Unwra and withdrawing from the UN human rights council, as part of a review of US participation in UN agencies. A US withdrawal, which would take effect in December 2026, will be a blow to Unesco's work on education, culture and combating hate speech. But officials at the Unesco headquarters in Paris had been braced for a potential US departure during Trump's second term. The US provides about 8% of the body's total budget, making the financial impact of Washington's departure less severe than for other organisations, such as the WHO, for which the US is by far the biggest financial backer. 'President Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from Unesco – which supports woke, divisive cultural and social causes that are totally out of step with the commonsense policies that Americans voted for in November,' the White House deputy spokesperson Anna Kelly told the New York Post. In February, the White House had announced a 90-day review of the US membership of Unesco, saying in a statement that the global body had 'demonstrated failure to reform itself, has continually demonstrated anti-Israel sentiment over the past decade, and has failed to address concerns over mounting arrears'. Unesco, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is best known for designating world heritage sites including the Grand Canyon in the United States and the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria. But it also has a large cultural and education programme to promote intercultural dialogue. The US was a founding member of Unesco in 1945, but this latest departure will be the third time it has quit. Washington first withdrew in 1983 under Ronald Reagan, whose administration said the global organisation had anti-western bias and 'has extraneously politicised virtually every subject it deals with'. The US then rejoined under the president George W Bush in 2003, with the White House saying it was happy with Unesco reforms. Then Trump pulled the US out of Unesco in 2017, during his first term as president. His administration cited what it called 'mounting arrears, the need for fundamental reform in the organisation, and continuing anti-Israel bias'. The US returned to Unesco in 2023 under Joe Biden. The Biden administration said it was crucial to rejoin in order to counter 'Chinese influence'. China had become the organisation's biggest financial backer in Washington's absence. As a condition of readmission, the US agreed to pay about $619m in unpaid dues and make contributions to programs supporting education access initiatives in Africa, Holocaust remembrance and journalists' safety. In 2011, Unesco voted to admit Palestine, which is not formally recognized by the US or Israel as a UN member state. The Barack Obama White House had cut Unesco contributions, resulting in the US owing millions in arrears to the organisation.
