(31 May 2011)
Rotterdam - 31 May 2011
1. Wide of Serbian government jet carrying Bosnian Serb military wartime commander Ratko Mladic landing
2. Jet taxiing on runway
3. Mid of jet taxiing towards airport
Rotterdam - 31 May 2011
4. Tracking shot and pull back to wide of helicopter taking off from airport
The Hague - 31 May 2011
5. Medium of helicopter landing on airstrip
The Hague - 31 May 2011
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6. Various of convoy of police vehicles believed to be carrying Mladic pulling into compound of UN detention unit
The Hague - 31 May 2011
7. Wide exterior of International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
8. Close-up of ICTY sign
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Nerma Jelacic, ICTY spokesperson:
"I can confirm that Ratko Mladic is now in the custody of the ICTY. He was met at the airport by the officials of the tribunal and the security agencies of the Netherlands. He has been transferred now to the detention unit where he will be situated during the trial. After almost 16 years of being on the run he is finally where we have wanted to see him for quite a while."
(Reporter's question)
"It is certainly a big milestone for the tribunal and we are very happy to receive him here and to be able to proceed with the trial."
(Reporter's question)
"The initial appearance, as usual, will be within couple of days of his arrival."
(Reporter's question)
"Well, first we have to go through tonight, so he has to be settled into the detention unit. Now he is actually right now being spoken to by different officials of the registry, he is being introduced to the rules and regulations. A copy of the indictment will be given to him, he will undergo medical examination, and he will be put into an isolated cell for the first few days of his inhabitancy of the detention unit, and only after that will he be introduced to one of the wings where the other detainees are."
10. Close-up of ICTY sign
11. Wide exterior of ICTY
STORYLINE:
Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic was placed in a United Nations detention unit on Tuesday to await trial on genocide charges -16 years after he was indicted in the killing of 8-thousand Muslim men and boys in the worst massacre of civilians in Europe since World War II.
Earlier on Tuesday, a Serbian government jet carrying Mladic landed at Rotterdam airport in the Netherlands.
The plane touched down hours after judges in Belgrade rejected his appeal to delay his extradition on grounds of ill health.
A helicopter-escorted convoy of police vehicles with flashing blue lights pulled into the compound of the UN detention unit outside The Hague shortly after leaving Rotterdam airport.
Nerma Jelacic, a spokesperson for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, confirmed that Mladic was in the custody of the tribunal.
She said he was met at Rotterdam airport by officials of the tribunal and the security agencies of the Netherlands, and had been transferred to the detention unit where he will be situated during the trial.
"After almost 16 years of being on the run he is finally where we have wanted to see him for quite a while," she said.
"It is certainly a big milestone for the tribunal and we are very happy to receive him here and to be able to proceed with the trial."
Jelacic said Mladic's initial appearance will come within couple of days of his arrival at the tribunal.
She said a copy of the indictment will be given to him and that he will also undergo medical examination.
Jelacic said it was too early to say how long the trial would last.
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