As the U.S. submitted its plan to rejoin UNESCO, China criticized Washington for treating international organizations like a “park.” That comparison in misleading: a U.S. law prohibited it from funding any U.N. agency that granted membership to Palestine.
paying its UNESCO dues in 2011 when Palestine joined as a member. At the time, U.S. law prohibited funding to any U.N. agency that implied recognition of Palestinians’ demands for their own state.the U.S.
The United States is permanent member of the U.N. Security Council and a UNESCO founding member. As such, it is free to rejoin UNESCO at any time. The U.S. has provided 22% of the agency’s funding. The Chinese Foreign Ministry also ignored the reasons the United States withdrew from UNESCO. The U.S. decided topassed in the 1990s prohibiting American funding to any U.N. agency that implied recognition of the Palestinians’ demands for their own state.in October 2011, Palestinian membership in UNESCO triggered “long-standing legislative restrictions which will compel the United States to refrain from making contributions to UNESCO.”the U.S.
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