UNESCO on 8 November 2013 suspended the voting rights of the
United States (US) and Israel. The suspension happened as the two countries
stopped paying the dues to the United Nations (UN’s) cultural arm from two
years in the protest over the grant of full membership to the Palestinians.
The funding to UNESCO started in
October 2011 because of the laws of US, which prohibits it to pay the dues to
any UN agencies giving recognition of the Palestinians demand for their own
state. The fund from Israel was pulled out because it objected the one-sided
attempts of Palestinians to be recognized of its statehood.
The voting rights of the two nations
were suspended as they both failed to provide a justification for non-payments
of the dues within deadline.
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