Serbian Ambassador to the UNESCO Darko Tanaskovic says that there is no reason for optimism when it comes to the UNESCO session where will be discussed Kosovo membership. “Voting the proposal requires a simple majority of votes. The most realistic is that a debate will be initiated before the voting, which had been announced by some countries. Also, it is possible that the debate will be closed by a simple majority of votes,” said Tanaskovic.
The Executive Council has 58 countries out of which 32 recognized Kosovo, and about 20 supported the request of Albania. It is expected that the proposal will be adopted. If the proposal is adopted, General Conference of UNESCO will decide on the admission of Kosovo, where will be decided by a two thirds majority among 195 member states, out of which 111 have recognized Kosovo.
