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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

Prosecco hills inscribed on Unesco World Heritage list

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Fallingwater, 7 other Wright homes now World Heritage sites

Associated Press

U.S. and Israel exit U.N. cultural agency, claiming bias

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

A woman walks past a mural depicting reggae music icon Bob Marley painted on the rolling shutter of a Tobacconist shop in Rome, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Reggae music put on UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list

Associated Press

In this Nov. 16, 2016, photo, ssireum wrestlers compete during the Korea Open Ssireum Festival in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean culture officials on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, said a UNESCO committee is set to determine whether to add the Korean wrestling to its list of &quot;Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity&quot; this week. (Jang Se-young/Newsis via AP)

Koreas win UNESCO recognition of traditional wrestling

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In a Monday April 9, 2018 file photo, UNESCO Director General France's Audrey Azoulay attends the UNESCO executive council in Paris, before delivering her first speech to the executive council since she has been elected as head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Nov. 2017. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

AP Interview: UNESCO chief says schools must fight extremism

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

UNESCO'S new elected director-general France's Audrey Azoulay attends a press conference at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. UNESCO's member states have voted to confirm the nomination of former French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay as the body's new leader. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

AP Interview: UNESCO chief says US “empty chair” can’t last

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kawari, Qatar's candidate for the post of the new UNESCO chief gives the a thumb's up as he he speaks to the media after the fourth vote by secret ballot at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. The United States is pulling out of UNESCO because of what Washington sees as its anti-Israel bias and a need for &quot;fundamental reform&quot; of the U.N. cultural agency. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France’s Audrey Azoulay wins vote to be next UNESCO chief

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

U.S. to pull out of UNESCO amid Palestinian tensions

By Matthew Lee and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

The Latest: Israel plans to follow US in exiting UN agency

Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 7, 2015, file photo, the Statue of Liberty stands in New York harbor with the New York City skyline in the background. UNESCO is known for proclaiming World Heritage sites _ places like the Egyptian pyramids or the Statue of Liberty that are conferred a special U.N. status. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

UNESCO: The UN’s educational, scientific, cultural agency

Associated Press

UN has 9 candidates on shortlist for cultural agency chief

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

Group pursues effort to bring region to global stage

By KEN STICKNEY - Associated Press

America’s missed UNESCO opportunity

By Senator Ted Cruz

UNESCO, the U.N. body that designates cultural treasures, ignored Israeli ties to the Temple Mount in favor of Palestinians, who refer to it as the Al-Aqsa Mwosque. (Associated Press)

Like Islamists, UNESCO erases history

By Renee Garfinkel

UNESCO, the U.N. body that designates cultural treasures, ignored Israeli ties to the Temple Mount in favor of Palestinians, who refer to it as the Al-Aqsa Mwosque. (Associated Press)

Israel an ‘occupying power’ in Jerusalem, UNESCO declares

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Say no to Kosovo in UNESCO

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES