Member of the European Parliament Cornelia Ernst (GUE/NGL)

Brussels 13/10/2017

One day after the withdrawing from UNESCO, US President Donald Trump decides not to certify the nuclear deal with Iran, instead he calls for new sanctions and threatens the termination of the deal. Cornelia Ernst (DIE LINKE.), Deputy Chairwoman of the Delegation for EU-Iran Relations, comments:

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Brussels, 13 October 2017

Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament regret Washington's announcement that the US is withdrawing from UNESCO by 31 December 2017. The allegations of the organisation being pro-Palestinian and the candidacy of a Qatari diplomat to replace outgoing UNESCO director general do not justify this decision.