United States Re-joins UNESCO
The United Nations Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization agreed to re-admit the United States as a member on 30 June 2023. UNESCO's governing board voted 132-10 to accept a US proposal to rejoin the Paris-based agency.
In addition to Russia, North Korea, and the Palestinians, Belarus, China, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Nicaragua, and Syria voted against readmitting the US.
The Trump administration pulled out of UNESCO in 2017, citing anti-Israel bias. That decision took effect a year later in 2018. The US and Israel ceased funding UNESCO in 2011 after they voted to admit Palestine as a member state. The US contributed 22% of the agency's total funding.
The United States had previously pulled out of UNESCO in 1984 under the Reagan administration, rejoining in 2003 during the presidency of former President George W. Bush.
USA independence day
Independence Day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4,
1776, announcing the colonies' secession from Great Britain. The delegates began the process of signing the final Declaration of Independence on August 2.
The United States of America is preparing to celebrate the 247th anniversary of its independence on 4th July. Presidents from George Washington to Joe Biden have celebrated the Fourth of July, with one notable exception being John Adams.
Adams believed that July 2, 1776, the day the Continental Congress voted for independence, was the true Independence Day.
