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> The United States cut funding for UNESCO under the Obama administration after it voted to include Palestine as a full member, and then pulled out completely d
by garamond23 1y ago
> The United States cut funding for UNESCO under the Obama administration after it voted to include Palestine as a full member, and then pulled out completely during President Trump’s first term.
>But in 2023, the Biden administration reversed that decision and decided to rejoin.
- NYT - U.S. Says It Will Withdraw From U.N. Cultural Organization, Again
To be fair it looks like funding was cut during the Obama admin over the admittance of Palestine
- CGMthrowaway 1y agoYes, in 2011
- pkilgore 1y agoCongress cut funding by passing laws[1][2]. In 2011, Obama was just following the law enacted by Congress not his wild ass opinions, which I know is crazy given the current administration. [1] Public Law 101-246 (1990) [2] Public Law 103-236 (1994) See also: https://web.archive.org/web/20141224180231/https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/10/25/will-congresss-defunding-of-the-u-n-over-palestine-hurt-u-s-goals-around-the-world/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141224180231/https://foreignpo...