President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from UNESCO once again In a statement Tuesday that drew mixed reactions from Jewish groups. President Donald Trump has once again withdrawn the United States from UNESCO,

The Trump administration plans to pull out of the U.N. cultural agency, putting UNESCO back at the center of geopolitical rivalry.

UNESCO runs the influential World Heritage Sites program. There are 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the United States

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The United States will withdraw from UNESCO by the end of 2026, Washington said on Tuesday, just two years after rejoining the United Nations' cultural agency. "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," a State Department spokeswoman said in the statement, also adding that "UNESCO works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals,

With the withdrawal from the Unesco, President Donald Trump has abandoned yet another multilateral institution, making his disdain for multilateralism clear. Here we explore other institutions and treaties that he has quit — and how these withdrawals empowered US adversaries.

The United States of America is preparing to withdraw from UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural and educational agency, according to media reports published today. The decision is seen as part of President Donald Trump's broader approach to reducing US involvement in international organisations he has previously criticised.