UNESCO vote scheduled for Monday, Serbia seeks postponement
Kosovo's bid to join UNESCO has "definitively" been included in the agenda for Monday of the General Conference, says Darko Tanaskovic.
Friday, 06.11.2015.
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UNESCO vote scheduled for Monday, Serbia seeks postponement
Should the vote take place, Tanaskovic "stressed that the outcome remains uncertain," and reiterated that "Serbia will propose that the debate on the admission of Kosovo be postponed for 2017," the Beta agency reported on Friday."If our proposal receives a simple majority, then a vote on the admission of Kosovo will not happen," said he.
According to the ambassador, "a growing number of countries are sympathetic toward this constructive idea" - but it is "uncertain whether this will be enough."
"In case a motion to postpone the debate on this issue does not receive the required majority, a vote will take place on the original draft decision submitted by Albania with a group of other countries. In that case, a two-thirds majority will be needed for the proposal to be adopted, and Kosovo admitted to UNESCO," said Tanasković, and added:
"That thing is highly uncertain, and I think only a handful of votes may prove decisive, which means there is a chance the proposal will adopted but there is also a very serious chance that it won' t be adopted."
The General Conference has 195 members. For the bid to succeed, a two-thirds majority of those voting would be required.
Tanaskovic said that the exact number of countries eligible to vote will be known after several countries present their credentials, but added that "about ten probably won't have the right to vote."
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