Kosovo fails in bid to gain UNESCO membership
Kosovo's Prime Minister Isa Mustafa attends news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, June 30, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
The United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO voted against Kosovo getting full membership in a vote on Monday after less than two-thirds of countries voted in favor.
The vote was fiercely opposed by Russia and Serbia, which attempted to get the vote postponed at one point earlier in the day.
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To win membership, Kosovo needed a two-thirds majority. Of the 142 countries that voted, 92 backed the motion, 50 voted against and 29 abstained, meaning the bid fell short by three votes.
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Kosovo has been recognised by 111 countries since it broke away from Serbia in 2008 but its bid to become a full United Nations member has been blocked by Moscow.