▲ 39 ▼ 9 years ago today, the United States withdrew from UNESCO. It stopped paying its dues six years earlier, due to a US law prohibiting funding any organization which accepts Palestine as a full member. (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/anniversaries@reddthat.com 1 comment fedilink hide all child comments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO#Israel,_Palestine,_and_the_United_States October 12, 2017 press statement from the US State Department: https://web.archive.org/web/20190408053146/https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/10/274748.htm October 31, 2011 reporting about the US suspending payment of its dues after Palestine was admitted as a member: https://web.archive.org/web/20200226162636/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-unesco-usa-funding/u-s-stops-unesco-funding-over-palestinian-vote-idUSTRE79U5ED20111031
▲ 27 ▼ 9 years ago today, the United States withdrew from UNESCO. It stopped paying its dues six years earlier, due to a US law prohibiting funding any organization which accepts Palestine as a full member. (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 1 week ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/anniversaries@sopuli.xyz 2 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/53908788 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO#Israel,_Palestine,_and_the_United_States October 12, 2017 press statement from the US State Department: https://web.archive.org/web/20190408053146/https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/10/274748.htm October 31, 2011 reporting about the US suspending payment of its dues after Palestine was admitted as a member: https://web.archive.org/web/20200226162636/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-unesco-usa-funding/u-s-stops-unesco-funding-over-palestinian-vote-idUSTRE79U5ED20111031
▲ 1 ▼ 9 years ago today, the United States withdrew from UNESCO. It stopped paying its dues six years earlier, due to a US law prohibiting funding any organization which accepts Palestine as a full member. (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 1 week ago* by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml [M] to c/anniversaries@lemmy.ml comment fedilink hide all child comments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO#Israel,_Palestine,_and_the_United_States October 12, 2017 press statement from the US State Department: https://web.archive.org/web/20190408053146/https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/10/274748.htm October 31, 2011 reporting about the US suspending payment of its dues after Palestine was admitted as a member: https://web.archive.org/web/20200226162636/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-unesco-usa-funding/u-s-stops-unesco-funding-over-palestinian-vote-idUSTRE79U5ED20111031