UN / US UNESCO REAX

The Secretary-General is “deeply regretting the decision by the United States,” UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said following Washington’s announcement of its withdrawal from UNESCO. UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:00:42
• Production Date: 22 July 2025
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: AUDREY AZOULAY
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION - UNESCO
• Geographic Subject: UNITED STATES
• MAMS Id: 3428128
• Parent Id: 3428128
• Alternate Title: unifeed250722j

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STORY: UN / US UNESCO REAX
TRT: 00:42
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 22 JULY 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters

22 JULY 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“And I think most of you must have seen this morning that in a statement issued earlier today, Audrey Azoulay, the Director General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), she said that she deeply regrets the decision of the United States to withdraw once again from the organization she leads. She added that in the past years, UNESCO has stepped up efforts to take action wherever the agency’s mission could contribute to peace. And, of course, the Secretary-General joins her in deeply regretting the decision by the United States.”
5. Wide shot, journalists

Storyline

The Secretary-General is “deeply regretting the decision by the United States,” UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said following Washington’s announcement of its withdrawal from UNESCO.

Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York, Dujarric referenced a statement issued earlier by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in which she expressed “deep regret” over the move.

Azoulay noted that in recent years, UNESCO had “stepped up efforts to take action wherever the agency’s mission could contribute to peace.”

“The Secretary-General joins her in deeply regretting the decision by the United States,” Dujarric added.