translated from Spanish: United States and Israel abandon the UNESCO

photograph/Hatzad Hasheni United States and Israel officially abandoned Tuesday the United Nations Organization for education, science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), culminating a process that began makes more than one year amid concerns because the organization further bias aintiisraeli.
The withdrawal is a mere procedure but is a new setback for UNESCO, founded jointly with the United States after the second world war to promote peace.
The Government of President Donald Trump filed your notice of withdrawal in October of 2017 and the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, followed his example.
Critics rate the Agency with headquarters in Paris of crucible for the anti-Israel trend: criticized for condemning the israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, to name ancient Jewish sites as places of Palestinian heritage and to grant full membership to the Palestinians in 2011.
United States has demanded a “fundamental reform” in the Agency, known by its program of UNESCO which protects cultural attractions and traditions.
UNESCO also works to improve the education of girls, promote understanding of the horrors of the Holocaust and defend press freedom.
The departure of Washington and Israel will not have a major financial impact for UNESCO, which suffered a decline in its budget from 2011, when both Israel and the United States stopped paying dues after the entry of the Palestinians as a Member State.
Since then, the authorities estimate that Washington, which contributed around 22 percent of the total budget, accumulated some 600 million dollars in dues unpaid debts, one of the reasons that led Trump to remove the country from the Agency. Israel should be around $ 10 million.
Source: The financial

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