Senator LEYONHJELM (New South Wales) (16:18): I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the United States of America' s Department of State has informed the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General of the United States' intention to withdraw from that organisation on 31 December 2018 due to its continuing anti-Israel bias, and (ii) Australia is also a friend of Israel, as well as a close ally of the United States; and (b) calls upon the Government to consider Australia' s membership of UNESCO.