The final vote on Kosovo’s bid to join UNESCO, expected for Monday 9 November, gave rise to a fierce and unbalanced dispute pro and contra Kosovo’s UNESCO membership, largely along ethnic lines. This newest issue of ECMI Kosovo’s Communities Issues Monitor aims to focus the discussion and provide counterbalance to rising ethnic tensions. It points at the legal framework in place for the protection of Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo, counters claims on the moral right of this or that party to become UNESCO member based on how it treated cultural heritage in the past, and refers to the broader action domain of UNESCO to put in perspective the fears of the Kosovo Serb community about the impact of Kosovo UNESCO membership on Serb cultural heritage in Kosovo.