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"PARIS (AP) — UNESCO announced Monday that the United States plans to rejoin
the U.N. cultural and scientific agency — 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.
U.S. officials say the decision to return was motivated by concern that China
is filling the gap left by the U.S. in UNESCO policymaking, notably in setting
standards for artificial intelligence and technology education around the
world.
The move will face a vote by UNESCO’s member states in the coming weeks. But
approval seems a formality after the resounding applause that greeted the
announcement in UNESCO’s Paris headquarters Monday. Not a single country raised
an objection to the return of a country that was once the agency’s single
biggest funder."
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