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UNESCO Accepts Palestinians as Full Members

(New York Times) Steven Erlanger and Scott Sayare - Palestine became the 195th full member of UNESCO on Monday, as the UN organization defied a mandated cutoff of American funds under federal legislation. The step will cost UNESCO one-quarter of its yearly budget - the 22% contributed by the U.S. (about $70 million) plus another 3% contributed by Israel. The American ambassador, David T. Killion, repeatedly called the vote "premature." He said "there are no shortcuts" to a Palestinian state and that "we believe efforts such as the one we have witnessed today are counterproductive."

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