News stories by IPS U.N. Bureau Chief Thalif Deen interviews DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA
Q&A: U.S. Funding Cuts in UNESCO More Audible than Visible
- Inter Press Service

When the 194-member General Conference of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) was on the verge of admitting Palestine as a full-fledged member of the Paris-based U.N. agency last year, the United States warned against it - and threateningly.

