United States and Israel leave Unesco | World

The former Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has "deeply regretted" the US decision of October 12, 2017. "Universality is essential for the mission of the United States. 39, UNESCO aimed at strengthening peace and security, international relations in the face of hatred and violence, through the defense of human rights and the dignity of peoples, "he said. . "It's a loss for the UN family – it's a loss for multilateralism," said the former director.

"Together, we collaborated with Samuel Pisar, Honorary Ambbadador and Special Envoy for Holocaust Education, to share the history of the Holocaust in order to fight against the Anti-Semitism and prevent genocide, with the Unesco Genocide Chain at the University of California and with literacy programs at the University of Pennsylvania ", said the director of the 39; Unesco. "We are working on creating new tools for educators against all forms of anti-Semitism, as we do to combat anti-Muslim racism in schools," said Bokova.

The United States has since left Unesco between 1984 and 2003 and suspended its financial contribution in 2011, which is one-third of its budget. "Unesco lost part of its capital in 2011 and has managed to find external funding, and I think we can continue to do so," said Audrey Azoulay, the executive director of the University, at the end of 2017. Unesco.

The fuse was the decision of Unesco of the United States of America to create the United States and the United States of America. to inscribe the city of Hebron, in the West Bank, as a Palestinian site of "outstanding universal value". Nikki Haley, US ambbadador to the UN, said at the time that this initiative "further discredited an already highly questionable UN agency".

Hebron is home to 200,000 Palestinians and hundreds of Israeli settlers, entrenched in an enclave protected by Israeli soldiers near the holy site, which the Jews call the tomb of the patriarchs and Muslims of the Ibrahim Mosque.