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2005 Ron Paul Chapter 40
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The United States Should Withdraw From UNESCO
14 April 2005
HON. RON PAUL
OF TEXAS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, April 14, 2005
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Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce a concurrent resolution expressing the
sense of the Congress that the United States
should withdraw from the United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO).
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Mr. Speaker, in 1984 President Ronald Reagan withdrew the United States from
membership in UNESCO, citing egregious financial
mis-management, blatant anti-Americanism,
and UNESCO’s general anti-freedom
policies and programs. President Reagan was
correct in identifying UNESCO as an organization
that does not act in America’s interest,
and he was correct in questioning why the
U.S. should fund 25 percent of UNESCO’s
budget for that privilege.
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Since the United States decided to re-join UNESCO in 2003, Congress has appropriated
funds to cover some 25 percent of the organization’s
entire budget. But what are we getting
for this money?
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UNESCO has joined the “International Network for Cultural Policy” in seeking a UN
“global diversity initiative” by this year that
would restrict US export of some $70 billion
worth of movies, television programs, music
recordings, and other cultural products.
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UNESCO sponsors the International Baccalaureate program, which seeks to indoctrinate
US primary and secondary school students
through its “universal curriculum” for teaching
global citizenship, peace studies and equality
of world cultures. This program, started in Europe,
is infiltrating the American school system.
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UNESCO has been fully supportive of the United Nations’ Population Fund in its assistance
to China’s brutal coercive population
control program.
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UNESCO has designated 47 U.N. Biosphere Reserves in the United States covering
more than 70 million acres, without Congressional
consultation.
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Continued membership in UNESCO is a blatant assault on our sovereignty and an inexcusable
waste of U.S. taxpayer dollars.
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Mr. Speaker, I hope all members of this body will join me in calling for an end to U.S.
membership in the United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization
by co-sponsoring this legislation.
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