Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, told Radio Free Europe that Kosovo’s eventual membership in UNESCO would bring many benefits, but responsibilities as well. Selimi said that Kosovo with a very young population, needs assistance and reforms in the education sector, and UNESCO is the one dealing with the issue of reforms, standardization and exchange of educational programs. Selimi, highlights that the benefits of membership in UNESCO imply even greater responsibilities, including financial responsibilities, as well as the accession of Kosovo to several conventions and international instruments, and that many of them represent a new level of responsibility. “We are volunteering to have more responsibility and show the maturity and democracy of our state to enter into complex multilateral mechanisms," Selimi said.