France: UNESCO rejects Kosovo membership after vote

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) rejected a request for the admission of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo to UNESCO, during a vote in Paris on Monday. "Number of members present and voting 142. Number voted in favor 92, number of votes against 50, number of abstentions 29, majority required 95," announced the Secretaire Adjoint. The vote was held at the 38th session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris. "Ladies and gentlemen, the general conference has just voted against the adoption of the draft resolution and that's now the decision of this general conference," said Stanley Mutumba Simataa, Chairman, Deputy Minister of Information and Communication of Namibia.