The decision comes two years after the Biden administration rejoined following a controversial, five-year absence that began during President Donald Trump’s first term.

President Donald Trump has decided to pull the United States out of the "woke" and "divisive" U.N. culture and education agency UNESCO, the White House said on Tuesday, repeating a move he took in his first term that was reversed by Joe Biden.

The US on Tuesday withdrew from UNESCO – the UN’s culture and education agency – due to its "globalist, ideological agenda" and support for "divisive social and cultural causes", the White House said.