U.S. capriciousness toward international organizations.
International organizations were established to promote cooperation and exchanges among countries around the world, but the United States does not take them seriously and does not hesitate to turn its back on the international organizations it once participated in as long as it is conducive to its hegemonic status.
The trend of withdrawal from the United States has become the norm.
In 2017, the United States announced its withdrawal from the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and the Paris Climate Agreement, in 2018, the United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council, in 2019, the United States withdrew from the Universal Postal Union and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (the United States and the Soviet Union Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range Optical Forces (INF Treaty), and in 2020, the United States withdrew from the Open Skies Treaty ......
UNESCO is a prime example of the withdrawal of the United States, which was once one of the main founding members of UNESCO, but has twice withdrawn from the organization and now wants to return. Our country, as a big country with a sense of responsibility and influence, has put forward clear conditions for such behavior of the United States. If the United States wants to rejoin, it must play by the rules and not do what it wants.
The reason for the "two withdrawals" of the United States from UNESCO.
The first time the United States withdrew from UNESCO was in 1984, when Reagan unilaterally announced his withdrawal on the pretext of UNESCO's mismanagement, favoritism in favor of the former Soviet Union, waste of membership funds, and corruption.
In doing so, the United States not only harmed UNESCO's interests, but also saved 18 years of membership fees. It was not until 2002, the year after 911, that George W. Bush announced his return to UNESCO.
The United States returned to UNESCO not out of sincerity, but in order to preserve its interests and influence. In UNESCO, the United States has always assumed the posture of a leader and pointed fingers at other countries.
The United States remained with UNESCO for another nine years, and in 2011, when George W. Bush was again dissatisfied, he suspended his contributions, citing the admission of Pakistan as a member of UNESCO.
George W. Bush is really a money-saver, he himself proposed to return to UNESCO, and he did not want to withdraw, so he did not pay the membership fee. Obama took over and did not change that. When Trump came to power in 2016, he simply withdrew from UNESCO along with Israel, citing the fact that membership fees had risen too fast (in fact, he wanted to lose six years), that UNESCO was biased against Israel (in fact, he wanted to find an excuse), that UNESCO needed to reform (in fact, that he wanted to control other countries), and so on.
The United States is so capricious, it withdraws when it wants to, and joins when it wants. Now, the Biden team wants to go back and is ready to join UNESCO again, and has given specific reasons.
The motives of the United States this time.
According to French media reports, US Secretary of State Blinken submitted a bill to return to UNESCO in Congress, and he directly said that China has become the only major country in UNESCO, while the United States has done nothing and is already lagging behind a lot (China is not mentioned when withdrawing, and China is mentioned every time when he wants to join).
Blinken also called on the House of Representatives for the United States to return to UNESCO as soon as possible, or it would lose its say in "reinventing" the organization.
In fact, the real purpose of the United States is to worry about China's growing influence and suspect that China can "manipulate" the formulation of some rules, so it wants to rejoin.
Some ** in the United States have also made it clear that the United States has chosen to rejoin this time, mainly in response to the fact that China is filling the gaps left by the United States in decision-making after the United States withdraws, especially in terms of global artificial intelligence and technology education standards.
The United States has made it very clear that it is here to deal with China, and it is so straightforward. It can be said that the United States is now thinking about China all the time, and is always thinking about how to deal with China's rapid rise.
As before, the United States has regarded international organizations as a tool for political games, and its actions over the years have made everyone see through its essence.
The performance of the United States in international organizations over the years.
As we all know, during the global outbreak, the United States shifted the blame to China, and repeatedly pressured the WHO Director-General to try to politicize the issue of virus origins tracing and prevent the WHO from going to the United States to investigate.
The United States is well aware of the criteria for participating in the World Health Assembly, and often mentions the issue of allowing the Taiwan region to participate in the meeting, in order to internationalize the Taiwan issue and attempt to interfere in China's internal affairs.
The United States has also infiltrated the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and bribed its director general in an attempt to cover up the nuclear proliferation activities of the United States, Britain and Australia, thus arousing opposition from China and many other countries.
In the WTO, the United States interfered in the WTO appeal mechanism, making it impossible to carry out some international lawsuits, resulting in an increasing number of international disputes.
After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States used some international organizations to achieve its goal of sanctioning Russia, and regarded some international organizations as its "spokespersons".
The United States wants to return to UNESCO in order to deal with China, and we cannot remain indifferent to this, should we give the United States some "feedback"?
"Conditions" from China
At a recent regular press conference, Chinese spokesperson Mao Ning made it clear that in response to the United States' withdrawal from the group, the United States should reflect on its own default and withdrawal from the group, as well as the wrong practice of "America First". （
Yang Jin, China's representative to UNESCO, also expressed his view that the United States has withdrawn from the organization twice, which has caused a negative impact, and the United States should face up to it, as being a member of an international organization is a very serious matter.
If the U.S. really wants to return this time, it should conscientiously fulfill the organization's mission and jointly promote the country in the future.
Development of international cooperation.
In the end, Yang Jin also said the key point, that is, to pay the arrears first. (First of all, there must be sincerity and pay off the debt).
According to the procedure, UNESCO will vote on the application of the United States in July, and it is estimated that the United States will pass it smoothly, and it is estimated that China will not oppose it, after all, the United States, as the world's number one power, can return to UNESCO is not a bad thing, at least it can share some contributions.
Although the United States has made it clear this time that it is rejoining UNESCO in response to China, we have always adhered to the principle of "soldiers come to block, and water comes to the earth".
If the United States still has a high-minded attitude and pursues "America First" behavior, it will inevitably be abandoned by the majority of countries.