Paris: The United States has announced its rejoining of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) nearly six years after it withdrew its membership. According to global media reports, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay informed the ambassadors of member countries that the US Under Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Richard Verma, had…
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay told Member States that the decision was “a strong act of confidence, in UNESCO and in multilateralism,” and in the way that the agency was implementing its mandate on culture, education, science and information. Reforms and modernisation UNESCO said that in a letter sent to Ms. Azoulay, the US State Department…
A resolution was passed to rejoin Syria in the Arab League. Arab League spokesman Jamal Rushdi said from Cairo that the resolution was approved at a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers. On the other hand, the news agency says that after the 2011 civil war in Syria, Syria’s membership in the Arab League was…
