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Banks Statement on United States Withdrawing From UNESCO

Statement

By: Jim Banks
By: Jim Banks
Date: Oct. 12, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs

Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, today made the following statement regarding the withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):

"UNESCO has a long history of anti-Israel bias and passed resolutions stripping away the historical links between the Jewish people and holy sites. Given that U.S. law prohibits the funding of U.N. organizations that grant full membership to the Palestinian Authority, as UNESCO did in 2011, this is the right decision by the Trump Administration. America must affirm that we will stand with our close ally."


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