US Defunds UNESCO After Palestine Vote

gzipped_tar writes "The U.S. withdrew funding after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Palestine membership vote yesterday. The decision was triggered by a 1994 US law that requires financial ties to be cut with any UN agency that accords the Palestinians full membership. As Palestine actively pursues entrance to other UN agencies, the defunding list could grow. Interestingly, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) could also be among Palestine's next target, and U.S. is the big supporter of WIPO. A much more disturbing scenario is Palestine joining the International Atomic Energy Agency, cutting American funding to the organization that monitors nuclear proliferation in states like Iran."

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Re:USA against the World?

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The fact that a majority of UNESCO members want to grant admission to a Palestinian state is no reason for the U.S. to "pick up its marbles and go home." UNESCO would be better with U.S. participation...This law should be repealed before the US has removed itself from every UN organization in the world.

This is ABSOLUTELY why we need this law, should keep this law, and should enforce this law. The United Nations is not an organization that has the best interests of the United States at its core. It includes many members would would love to damage the USA in anyway possible. If an organization wants to spit in our face by admitting the warmongering Palestinians, then let them pay the price for it. It was done to piss us off, and guess what, some of us are pissed off. So admit them and pay the price for it. I'm just surprised that this administration actually carried through on this threat. There are sure a whole lot of other laws on the books that they completely ignore.