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If U.S. cannot prevent Chinese influence in UNESCO, why are we involved?

By Louise V. Oliver

Tourists line up for stepping up Angkor Wat temple outside Siem Reap, Cambodia, on Dec. 31, 2017. The human rights group Amnesty International in a report released Tuesday Nov. 14, 2023 has strongly criticized the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO and its World Heritage program for failing to challenge the Cambodian government’s ongoing mass evictions at the world famous centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

UNESCO urges Cambodia not to forcibly evict residents of Angkor Wat temple complex

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

FILE - Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge maintenance crew leader Pete Chesser, right, crew member Walker Huling, left, pile their pruned vegetation along a wilderness water trail, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Folkston, Ga. A U.S. agency says it will nominate the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge for a place on the official list of the world's most treasured natural and cultural sites. The National Park Service filed a notice Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, that it will seek a UNESCO World Heritage site designation for the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

U.S. to nominate Okefenokee Swamp refuge for listing as UNESCO World Heritage site

By Russ Bynum - Associated Press

FILE - Paintings decorate the walls of the Saint Sophia Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 26, 2022. The U.N.’s World Heritage Committee has placed two major historical sites in Ukraine on its list of such sites that it considers to be in danger, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The iconic Saint Sophia Cathedral and the medieval center of the western city of Lviv, are UNESCO World Heritage Sites central to Ukraine’s culture and history. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

UNESCO puts two locations in war-ravaged Ukraine on its list of historic sites in danger

By Baraa Anwer - Associated Press

A Bumphead parrotfish swims above corals on Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off the coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 13, 2022. The Australian government on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, welcomed a draft UNESCO decision to a lift a threat of downgrading the Great Barrier Reef to an endangered World Heritage site. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil, File)

Australia welcomes lifting of UNESCO threat to list Great Barrier Reef as World Heritage in danger

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

First lady Jill Biden poses at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. U.S. first lady Jill Biden visited Paris on Tuesday to attend a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO, marking Washington's official reentry into the U.N. agency after a five-year hiatus. (Bertrand Guay, Pool via AP)

Jill Biden to mark U.S. reentry into UNESCO with a flag-raising ceremony in Paris

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

First lady Jill Biden speaks during an event with the National Education Association in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Washington. Biden will join other VIPs and speak at a ceremony Tuesday, July 25, at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The American flag will be raised to mark the U.S. return to membership after a five-year absence. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Jill Biden in Paris to mark the U.S. return to the U.N.’s educational and scientific agency

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

U.S. formally rejoins UNESCO after five-year absence

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

The UN’s scientific and education organization votes to readmit the United States

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

UNESCO member states expected to approve U.S. decision to rejoin the U.N.’s cultural agency

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The Eiffel Tower, country flags and the Dome are seen from the garden of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) headquarters building during the 39th session of the General Conference at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The United States is ready to rejoin the U.N. cultural and scientific agency UNESCO – and pay more than $600 million in back dues -- after a decade-long dispute sparked by the organization's move to include Palestine as a member. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) **FILE**

U.S. decides to rejoin UNESCO and pay back dues, to counter Chinese influence

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about the roll-out of the International Religious Freedom Report at the State Department in Washington, Monday, May 15, 2023. Blinken is planning to travel to China next week as the Biden administration pushes to improve ties that hit a new low in February after a Chinese surveillance balloon was shot down over U.S. airspace. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP, File)

U.S. aims to rejoin U.N. scientific and educational organization to push back on China

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Taliban fighters display their flag while on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. The Taliban celebrated Afghanistan's Independence Day on Thursday by declaring they beat the United States, but challenges to their rule ranging from running a country severely short on cash and bureaucrats to potentially facing an armed opposition began to emerge. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

U.N. agency calls for protecting Afghanistan’s cultural heritage after Taliban takeover

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

The Beatles statues and Royal Liver Building, center, on the waterfront area of Liverpool, which has been removed from the World Heritage List on Wednesday July 21, 2021. The UN World Heritage Committee found developments including the new Everton soccer stadium threatened the value of the city's waterfront. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

UN strips famed Liverpool docks of historic designation

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

UN chief says 1 billion students affected by virus closures

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UNESCO says logo being used illegally for arts trafficking

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FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, people celebrate carnival during the yearly procession in Aalst, Belgium. The famed Belgian carnival town of Aalst on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 is renouncing its place on the U.N.'s cultural agency heritage list saying it was sick of the widespread complaints that this spring's edition contained blatant anti-Semitism and insisted no one should try to muzzle humor of any kind. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Belgian carnival removed from UNESCO list over racism row

By MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, people celebrate carnival during the yearly procession in Aalst, Belgium. The famed Belgian carnival town of Aalst on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 is renouncing its place on the U.N.'s cultural agency heritage list saying it was sick of the widespread complaints that this spring's edition contained blatant anti-Semitism and insisted no one should try to muzzle humor of any kind. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Belgian Carnival town renounces UNESCO title over racism row

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Smoke and flames rise from burning Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa, southern Japan, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. A fire broke out at the historic Shuri Castle on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying it. (Jun Hirata/Kyodo News via AP)

Fire nearly destroys historic Japanese castle

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2019 file photo, Yalitza Aparicio, nominated for an Oscar for best actress for her role in &quot;Roma,&quot; poses for a portrait at the 91st Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. The United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO is appointing Friday Oct. 4, 2019 Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio as its Goodwill ambassador for the indigenous peoples.(Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Mexican actress Aparicio named UNESCO ambassador

By MASHA MACPHERSON - Associated Press