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First lady Jill Biden will travel to France next week to speak at an event to mark the United States rejoining a United Nations-led education group, the White House said Monday.

The first lady will head to Paris from July 23-26, where she will deliver remarks at a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) flag-raising ceremony.

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[–] kartonrealista 10 points 1 year ago

The event in France comes after the U.S. in 2019 officially withdrew from UNESCO, two years after the Trump administration cited anti-Israel bias for the decision to leave the group. The withdrawal was largely procedural, and came as the Trump administration more broadly raised concerns about the United Nations’ agenda and attitudes toward Israel.

UNESCO was co-founded by the United States after World War II.

The organization “contributes to peace and security by promoting international cooperation in education, sciences, culture, communication and information,” according to the United Nations website.

I can imagine reading the headline to this story eight years ago and thinking "wow, the Onion is at it again", but it's actually true. We live in a parody world

[–] Sanctus 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotta love all this backtracking we have to do now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Expect the backtracking of the backtracking once the next Republican comes into office.

[–] little_cow 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

We left UNESCO too? Fuck he was petty.