EXCLUSIVE: US Bid to Rejoin UN Education Agency Could Be Derailed by House GOP

State Department says rejoining agency helps advance U.S. interests and restore American leadership; critics say agency is wasteful and extremely politicized

The logo of UNESCO in Paris on Nov. 12, 2021. Julien de Rosa/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Despite an ongoing scandal involving the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) leadership and the agency’s decision to flout U.S. law by admitting the “State of Palestine” as a member state, the United States is now formally seeking to rejoin.

However, lawmakers may scuttle the effort by refusing to provide necessary funding.