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UNESCO Admits Palestine; United States Cuts UNESCO Funding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John R. Crook
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 106 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 153 - 156
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

References

1 Scott Sayare & Steven Erlanger, Palestinians Win a Vote on Bid to Join UNESCO, N.Y. Times, Oct. 6, 2011, at A13; Steven Erlanger, Palestinian Bid for Full UNESCO Membership Imperils American Financing, N.Y. Times, Oct. 24, 2011, at A5; Steven Erlanger & Scott Sayare, UNESCO Approves Full Membership for Palestinians, N.Y. Times, Nov. 1, 2011, at A8.

2 Available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001255/125590e.pdf.

3 UNESCO Approves, supra note 1.

4 Pub. L. 103-236, Title IV, § 410, 108 Stat. 454 (1994) (codified as amended at 22 USC §287e note (2006)).

5 Pub. L. 101-246, Title IV, § 414, 104 Stat. 70 (1990) (codified as amended at 22 USC §287e note (2006)).

6 Steven Erlanger, UNESCO Trims Its Budget, N.Y. TIMES, Nov. 11, 2011, at A8; Steven Erlanger, Cutting Off UNESCO, U.S. May Endanger Programs in Iraq and Afghanistan, N.Y. Times, Nov. 17, 2011, at A10.

7 Cutting Off UNESCO, supra note 6.

8 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011 /1844, Palestinian Admission to UNESCO (Oct. 31,2011), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/10/176418.htm.

9 Discours de la Directrice générale de l’UNESCO Irina Bokova, à l’occasion de l’examen du point relatif à l’admission de la Palestine comme Etat membre de l’UNESCO (Oct. 31, 2011), at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002136/213660M.pdf; see Irina Bokova, Punishing UNESCO Would Be Unwise, Wash. Post, Oct. 24, 2011, at A14.

10 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011/1843, WIPO Briefing (Oct. 31, 2011), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011 /10/176417.htm.

11 Neil MacFarquhar, Palestinians Inch Closer to Rejection at U.N. Body, N.Y. Times, Nov. 4, 2011, at A10.

12 Isabel Kershner, Palestinian Says U.S. ‘Too Late’ on U.N. Bid, N.Y. Times, Sept 9,2011, at A5; Ethan Bronner & Isabel Kershner, Palestinians See U.N. Appeal as Most Viable Option, N.Y. Times, Sept. 18, 2011, at A6.

13 Joby Warrick & Joel Greenberg, Diplomatic Efforts Unable to Derail Palestinians’ U.N. Gambit, Wash. Post, Sept. 9, 2011, at A16; Ethan Bronner, Palestinians Resist Appeals to Halt U.N. Statehood Bid, N.Y. Times, Sept. 16, 2011, at A10; Joby Warrick & Scott Wilson, U.N. Vote Could Test U.S. Role in Mideast, Wash. Post, Sept. 16, 2011, at Al; Ethan Bronner & Isabel Kershner, Palestinians Set Bid for U.N. Seat; A Clash with U.S., N.Y. Times, Sept. 17, 2011, at Al; Neil MacFarquhar & Steven Lee Myers, Diplomats Scramble as Palestinians Plan to Apply for U.N. Membership on Friday, N.Y. Times, Sept. 20, 2001, at A11.

14 Committee Is Deadlocked over Palestinian Membership Bid, N.Y. Times, Nov. 12, 2011, at A5; see also MacFarquhar, supra note a 11.