UNESCO’s Executive Council will review Kosovo’s application for membership on 3 October. According to Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister Petrit Selimi, Serbia will be unable to prevent Kosovo’s membership. “Legally, Kosovo is eligible to apply to UNESCO because two-thirds of votes are not necessary and there are many European countries that gained UNESCO membership before becoming members of the UN”, said Selimi in an interview for Radio Kosova. However, while a simple majority of votes is sufficient for a membership application to be passed at the organisation’s Executive Council, two-thirds of votes will be needed for such a request to be approved at the General Conference in November. “We are confident we will manage to secure two-thirds in November”, said Selimi further.
