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Leading Senator Calls for Change in Self-Defeating US Policy on UNESCO

Senator Patrick Leahy, a leading United States Senator who chairs the powerful judiciary committee, is calling for an end a self-defeating policy.

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Destroying Cultural Heritage in Timbuktu

The spiritual and economic lifeblood of a city is poised to be reduced to rubble.  This is a very dark day for humanity.

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Jazz at the UN

There is a concert tonight at the United Nations that will go down in history.

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Daily Show Skewers Boneheaded US Policy on UNESCO

The Daily Show trained its satirical sites on this irrational, destructive policy and did a masterful job exposing the illogic of America’s funding cuts to UNESCO.

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Funds for Global Holocaust Education Cut Off Over US Congress Fight With Palestine

Holocaust education and a Tsunami early warning system for the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico is the collateral damage of myopic legislation intended to punish the UN and Palestine.

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UNESCO Gets Some Love from the White House Budget

The FY 2013 Budget has plenty for UN observers to be happy about including an increase to peacekeepers and new hope for a restoration of UNESCO funding.

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