Whereas, at the end of World War II in 1945, 37 countries founded the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Whereas UNESCO did not uphold the purpose of the organization, which is to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations ; Whereas UNESCO has a long history of corruption and mismanagement; Whereas audits show about 40 percent of the organization’s appointments and promotions failed to meet UNESCO’s own criteria for fair competition , and despite a two-yearly budget of $544 million, it cannot run its program effectively ; Whereas UNESCO is highly politicized and has held an anti-United States bias; Whereas citing hostility toward the basic institutions of a free society, especially a free market and a free press, President Ronald Reagan pulled the United States out of UNESCO in 1984, and his decision received bipartisan support, including nods from the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal; Whereas, in 2002, the United States rejoined UNESCO under President George W. Bush; Whereas, in 2011, the Obama administration cut funding to the organization after UNESCO admitted the Palestine Authority as a full member; Whereas UNESCO has long held an anti-Israel bias and passed 6 resolutions condemning Israel in 2013; Whereas, in 2016, the Palestine delegation sponsored a UNESCO resolution referring to the Temple Mount and Western Wall only by their Muslim names and negating Jerusalem’s undeniable historical connection with Christians and Jews; Whereas, in 2017, UNESCO designated the ancient city of Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a Palestinian World Heritage site, denying Judaism’s historical tie