Mrs. Bush Promotes U.S. as It Rejoins UNESCO in Paris

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Mrs. Bush Promotes U.S. as It Rejoins UNESCO in Paris

Reuters - Sept 29, 2003

Mrs. Bush Promotes U.S. as It Rejoins UNESCO in Paris

PHONY STAGED EURO-RIFT UPDATE:
First lady Laura Bush is welcomed by French President Jacques Chirac at the
Elysee Palace, September 29, 2003. Bush is in Paris to represent the United
States in a ceremony marking the U.S. reentry to UNESCO, the United Nations'
main cultural organization, from which Washington withdrew in 1984. Photo by
Philippe Wojazer/Reuters

Mon September 29, 2003 07:44 AM ET

By Randall Mikkelsen

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Laura Bush, on a mission to mend U.S. ties
with the world, received a polite kiss on the hand from Jacques Chirac on Monday
before a ceremony readmitting America to a U.N. body it long shunned as hostile.

The French president, unpopular in the United States for his opposition to the
Iraq war, kissed her hand as she arrived at his Elysee Palace on a courtesy
call.

She was in Paris to attend a rejoining ceremony at UNESCO, the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization from which Ronald Reagan's
United States withdrew in 1984, citing bad management and anti-Western bias.

Mrs. Bush's visit comes after Chirac kept up his criticism of President Bush's
Iraq policy in a speech to the United Nations in New York last week.

The two leaders failed to bridge differences in a meeting on the sidelines of
the U.N. session.

Laura Bush's visit to France and UNESCO aimed to smooth international
relations at a time when the United States is keen for foreign troops and money
to help control and rebuild Iraq.

Bush announced plans to rejoin UNESCO last year as he sought U.N. backing for
his get-tough policy on Iraq, which he failed to get.

In her speech at the ceremony later on Monday, Mrs. Bush was expected to
promote children's education. She was also set to preside at the raising of the
U.S. flag at UNESCO headquarters.

UNESCO welcomed the return, which is expected to boost the agency's two-year
budget to $610 million from $544 million.
"Now the family (of UNESCO) is going to be entire," a UNESCO spokeswoman said.

She said the stated U.S. goal of using its membership to fight "toxic
ideologies" fueling terrorism was compatible with UNESCO's goals.

The United States officially rejoins on Wednesday, when it presents membership
documents to the British government, a U.S. official said.

Laura Bush arrived in Paris on Sunday and will travel on to Moscow, another
critic of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, on Tuesday during a five-day trip to
Europe.

In an interview with reporters last week, she said she hoped her visit to
France and meeting with Chirac would send a message of friendship despite
U.S.-French tensions over Iraq.
"It's important for Americans and for the French to be friends with each
other," she said.
"Certainly we've had disagreements over that long history and I hope we're
just coming out of one."

Mrs. Bush Promotes U.S. as It Rejoins UNESCO in Paris

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