U.S. ends 18-year abandonment of UNESCO. (Columns).(Brief Article)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: October 11, 2002| Author: Drinan, Robert F. | Copyright information

When President Bush announced at the United Nations that the United States was returning to UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, it was a triumph for countless educational and religious groups who have protested America's departure from that organization in 1984.

The Charter of UNESCO, established in 1945, opens with this incisive observation: "Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of pe...

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