{"id":37056,"date":"2023-07-21T17:35:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37056"},"modified":"2023-07-21T17:35:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:35:20","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-whitehouse-doorstep-the-hill-reports-on-the-us-rejoicing-unesco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37056","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (Whitehouse) doorstep\u2019: The Hill reports on the US rejoicing UNESCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35498\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Convention_310123.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" \/>US First Lady Jill Biden travelled to France to speak at an event to mark the United States rejoining a United Nations-led education group, the White House said, as reported by <em>The Hill.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 UNESCO was co-founded by the United States after World War II\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>The Hill<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>While there, Biden will highlight the United States\u2019 commitment to education leadership on the global stage, the White House said.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019 agenda and attitudes toward Israel.<\/p>\n<p>UNESCO was co-founded by the United States after World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The organization \u2018contributes to peace and security by promoting international cooperation in education, sciences, culture, communication and information,\u2019 according to the United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/brief\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/4101741-jill-biden-heading-to-paris-next-week-as-us-rejoins-unesco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US First Lady Jill Biden travelled to France to speak at an event to mark the United States rejoining a United Nations-led education group, the White House said, as reported by The Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37057,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37056\/revisions\/37057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}