UNESCO is latest to lose U.S. membership

As 2019 dawned the U.S. and Israel withdrew from UNESCO, expanding the number of international organizations that the Trump administration has rejected.

By Arete News - January 2, 2019

Alexander Calder's Spirale mobile at UNESCO's main entrance in Paris (AN/Jean-Pierre Dalbéra)

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