U.S. pulls out of Unesco citing ‘anti-Israeli’ bias [CLIPS]

The United States is pulling out of the United Nations cultural
organization Unesco citing an 'anti-Israeli' bias.

The U.S. State Department also announced that they were concerned by
the UN agency's financial arrears.

Back in 2011 the U.S. cut its funding to UNESCO after the body granted
full membership to the Palestinians.


Our correspondent William Denselow at UN headquarters in New York says
this decision has been a long-time coming.

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Our correspondent William Denselow at UN headquarters in New York says
it wasn't just the case of Palestinian membership that irked the
United States.

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Our correspondent William Denselow at UN headquarters in New York has
the latest on the fallout from this decision.

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