[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 44 (Thursday, April 14, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E650-E651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THE UNITED STATES SHOULD WITHDRAW FROM UNESCO

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                             HON. RON PAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 14, 2005

  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).
  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.
  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?
  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.
  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.
  UNESCO has been fully supportive of the United Nations' Population 
Fund in its assistance to China's brutal coercive population control 
program.
  UNESCO has designated 47 U.N. Biosphere Reserves in the United States 
covering more than 70 million acres, without Congressional 
consultation.
  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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