Havana, July 23 (Prensa Latina) The United States government despises multilateralism and UN institutions, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez asserted today, commenting on Washington’s announcement that it is withdrawing from UNESCO.
“The announcement of the #US withdrawal from @UNESCO is yet another demonstration of the US government’s contempt for multilateralism and the @UN_es institutions focused on promoting peace, which it financially pressures to impose its failed doctrine of global domination.
The White House announced its decision yesterday to leave the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), citing the cultural and educational agency as biased against Israel and promoting divisive causes, media reported.
“Today (Tuesday), the United States informed Director-General Audrey Azoulay of its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Continued participation in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a statement.
The US official called UNESCO an organization that “promotes divisive social and cultural causes” and focuses excessively on the UN’s sustainability goals, which she described as a “globalist ideological agenda.”
For her part, from the organization’s headquarters in Paris, France, its Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, deeply regretted President Donald Trump’s decision to once again withdraw the United States from the UNESCO community of Member States—a decision that will take effect at the end of December 2026.
Azoulay assured, however, that the organization has undertaken important structural reforms and diversified its funding sources, so that currently the U.S. contribution amounts to barely eight percent of the organization’s total budget.
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