DISINFO: The US first created Daesh, and now it is destroying the UN by eliminating UNESCO
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DISINFO: The US first created Daesh, and now it is destroying the UN by eliminating UNESCO

SUMMARY

It was the US who created Daesh. […] International law doesn’t exist to the US. The US is also destroying one of the leading international organisations – UNESCO. It is immoral and mean to the international cultural community.The US is now destroying the UN.

RESPONSE

Repeating recurring conspiracy on the US creating Daesh. No evidence given that the US would seek to destroy the UN. On October 12, 2017, the Department of State notified UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova of the U.S. decision to withdraw from the organization and to seek to establish a permanent observer mission to UNESCO.

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