UNESCO runs the influential World Heritage Sites program. There are 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the United States

The Trump administration plans to pull out of the U.N. cultural agency, putting UNESCO back at the center of geopolitical rivalry.

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.

Port Royal is Jamaica's second World Heritage Site, with the first being the Blue and John Crow Mountains, a rugged and forested area in the country's east, which served as a refuge and hideout for people fleeing slavery. That site was listed by UNESCO in 2015.

The State Department cites political concerns, but UNESCO vows to keep its global doors open to all travelers.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration announces that the U.S. is withdrawing from UNESCO, effective December 1984, saying it had become "politicized," financially mismanaged, unduly focused on weapons disarmament during the Cold War and hostile to free markets and a free press.

With the withdrawal from the Unesco, President Donald Trump has abandoned yet another multilateral institution, making his disdain for multilateralism clear. Here we explore other institutions and treaties that he has quit — and how these withdrawals empowered US adversaries.

President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from UNESCO once again In a statement Tuesday that drew mixed reactions from Jewish groups. President Donald Trump has once again withdrawn the United States from UNESCO,