UNESCO announces that the United States plans to rejoin the UN cultural and scientific agency after a decade-long dispute sparked by the organisation’s move to include Palestine as a member
Until the suspension of its contributions in 2011, the US paid about 22 percent of UNESCO's budget, or $75 million.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in March said the US absence from UNESCO was letting China write rules on artificial intelligence. "They are working on rules, norms and standards for artificial intelligence. We want to be there," he said. Ambassadors from many other countries worldwide, from Peru to Djibouti to Poland, hailed the news, with some such as Germany saying Washington should be readmitted"as soon as possible".
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