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    Petitioning
    1. U.S. Congress
  2. Created By
    Marti Cockrell
    Arlington, TX
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates

In the early 1990s, the U.S. Congress passed a law stating that any UN agency that recognized the Palestinian Authority would automatically lose U.S. funding. The Obama Administration has no flexibility to waive the law, but congress has the power to grant the President waiver authority, and a groundswell of support could push them to act.

Watch this statement by the UNESCO Director-General on the effects of the US withholding funds: http://youtu.be/6UZTLAjfjjw

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Amend or repeal the law which automatically cuts funding to UN agencies.

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: U.S. Congress.

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Amend or repeal the law which automatically cuts funding to UN agencies.

In the early 1990s, the U.S. Congress passed a law stating that any UN agency that recognized the Palestinian Authority would automatically lose U.S. funding. The Obama Administration has no flexibility to waive the law, but congress has the power to grant the President waiver authority, and a groundswell of support could push them to act.

Watch this statement by the UNESCO Director-General on the effects of the US withholding funds: http://youtu.be/6UZTLAjfjjw
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