Xinhua News Agency, June 12, according to a report by the US "Capitol Hill" on 11 June, nearly six years after withdrawing from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United States recently expressed to the organization that the United States is interested in rejoining and has set out a timetable for repaying its debts and rejoining. A spokesman for the US State Department confirmed to the Axios News Network that US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Wilma has recently sent a letter to the Director-General of UNESCO proposing a plan for the United States to rejoin UNESCO. According to a source, the plan negotiated by the State Department and UNESCO details the timetable for the United States to repay its debt and rejoin the agency's executive committee.