UN chief deeply regrets U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO
                 Source: Xinhua | 2017-10-13 03:18:19 | Editor: huaxia

File Photo: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a bell-ringing ceremony at UN headquarters in New York, Sept. 15, 2017. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressed his "deep regret" over the U.S. decision to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

"The Secretary-General regrets this development deeply, considering the major U.S. role in UNESCO since its founding," Guterres' deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said in a statement.

The U.S. government announced on Thursday that it would withdraw from UNESCO, after years of America distancing itself from the UN organization because of what it called the group's "anti-Israel bias."
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UN chief deeply regrets U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO

Source: Xinhua 2017-10-13 03:18:19

File Photo: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a bell-ringing ceremony at UN headquarters in New York, Sept. 15, 2017. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressed his "deep regret" over the U.S. decision to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

"The Secretary-General regrets this development deeply, considering the major U.S. role in UNESCO since its founding," Guterres' deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said in a statement.

The U.S. government announced on Thursday that it would withdraw from UNESCO, after years of America distancing itself from the UN organization because of what it called the group's "anti-Israel bias."
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