First lady Jill Biden will be in France this week to mark the U.S. rejoining the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and to honor troops who served in World War II. Biden will then deliver remarks at the UNESCO flag-raising ceremony and greet UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. Biden will then travel Wednesday from Paris to Brittany and Normandy where she will visit the Brittany American Cemetery to pay respect to American service members who lost their lives in northern France in World War II. She will then visit Mont Saint-Michel, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to highlight the importance of preserving cultural heritage sites around the world. The White House Saturday marked the U.S. rejoining UNESCO after former President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the agreement.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 24, 2023 00:37 UTC