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Carved out by the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, which is located in the United States and was registered on UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage List in 1979, retraces the geological history of the past two billion years.

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United States commits to rejoin UNESCO

12 June 2023

The head of the UN’s culture agency UNESCO - which also champions education, science and press freedom among other issues - announced on Monday that the United States has decided to rejoin the organization next month, after having stopped all funding in 2011, and announced its complete withdrawal from the agency, which also champions education and science, almost six years ago.