Author: mind563

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has agreed to readmit the United States as a member after its 2017 withdrawal. The US’ membership will become official once Secretary of State Antony Blinken, or a designee, formally accepts the invitation, according to White House. The relationship between the United States and Paris-based UNESCO is marked by a history of denial, withdrawals and re-engagements. Previously the US pulled out of UNESCO in 1984 and rejoined in 2003. The UNESCO was founded in 1945 as part of the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural body in the postwar world. Today, UNESCO has…