{"id":82970,"date":"2025-07-22T10:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T10:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/82970\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T10:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T10:44:11","slug":"trump-to-pull-us-out-of-unesco-over-dei-policies-pro-palestinian-pro-china-tilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/82970\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to pull US out of UNESCO over DEI policies, pro-Palestinian, pro-China tilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump is pulling the US out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)<\/a>, citing its anti-America and anti-Israel leanings as well as its woke agenda, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n

Trump ordered a 90-day review of America\u2019s presence in UNESCO back in February, with special emphasis on probing any \u201canti-Semitism or anti-Israel sentiment within the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upon conducting the review, administration officials took issue with UNESCO\u2019s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies as well as its pro-Palestinian and pro-China bias, a White House official told The Post.<\/p>\n

President Trump will pull the US out of UNESCO again due to their anti-Israel and pro-China stances. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from UNESCO \u2013 which supports woke, divisive cultural and social causes that are totally out-of-step with the commonsense policies that Americans voted for in November,\u201d White House deputy spokesperson Anna Kelly said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis President will always put America First and ensure our country\u2019s membership in all international organizations aligns with our national interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the faults cited are UNESCO\u2019s publication of an \u201canti-racism toolkit\u201d<\/a> in 2023 and their 2024 \u201cTransforming MEN\u2019talities\u201d initiative,<\/a> the former of which called on member states to adopt \u201canti-racist\u201d policies and compete in a \u201crace to the top\u201d to be the foremost social justice advocate, answering questions about the history of racism in their jurisdictions and then working to ensure equity.<\/p>\n

A view of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters on July 10, 2025 in Paris, France. VCG via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The \u201cMEN\u2019talities\u201d initiative published a report highlighting the organization\u2019s work in India aimed at reshaping how \u201cmen think about gender issues\u201d \u2014 especially \u201charmful gender norms.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gender program also published a video game report <\/a>last year that looked into how games could \u201cpromote gender equality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not only about controlling the negative impacts, but also relying on video games to address socio-cultural stereotypes and encourage positive, antidiscriminatory behaviors,\u201d Assistant-Director General for the Social and Human Sciences Gabriela Ramos said at the time.<\/p>\n

Aerial view of the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. VCG via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, UNESCO used its Executive Board to force through anti-Israel and anti-Jewish actions, including designating Jewish holy sites as \u201cPalestinian World Heritage\u201d sites, the White House official said.<\/p>\n

UNESCO frequently uses language stating that Palestine is \u201coccupied\u201d by Israel and condemns the Jewish state\u2019s war on Hamas, without criticizing the terror group\u2019s brutal reign over Gaza.<\/p>\n

In addition, Beijing is the second largest funder of UNESCO, with Chinese nationals like deputy director-general Xing Qu<\/a> in key leadership positions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis President will always put America First and ensure our country\u2019s membership in all international organizations aligns with our national interests,\u201d Anna Kelly said. Gripas Yuri\/ABACA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

\u201cChina has leveraged its influence over UNESCO to advance global standards that are favorable to Beijing\u2019s interests,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n

The Chinese Communist Party has particularly been criticized for using its influence in UNESCO to downplay the role of minorities like Uyghur Muslims in the nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

Trump initially ordered the US out of UNESCO in 2017, then as now citing anti-Israel bias<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Former President Joe Biden ordered the US to rejoin UNESCO in 2023 with the promise of repaying over $600 million in membership dues. VCG via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The US first withdrew from the UN organization in 1983 under former President Ronald Reagan, saying at the time that the organization \u201chas extraneously politicized virtually every subject it deals with. It has exhibited hostility toward a free society, especially a free market and a free press, and it has demonstrated unrestrained budgetary expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former President Joe Biden made the US rejoin UNESCO in 2023, arguing an American presence was needed to counter China\u2019s growing hold on the organization. <\/p>\n

The Biden administration also vowed to pay back more than $600 million in dues<\/a> incurred since the US stopped contributing in 2011 due to the inclusion of Palestine as a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump is pulling the US out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":82971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,74,69,3350,82,3097,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,80,4086,1206,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-82970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-china","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-foreign-policy","12":"tag-joe-biden","13":"tag-middle-east","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-politics","21":"tag-unesco","22":"tag-united-nations","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-us-news","29":"tag-usa","30":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}