(9 Jun 2006) SHOTLIST
AP Television
1. Wide pan Serbian President Boris Tadic, standing in front of national flags outside the United Nations building
2. Wide shot new Serbian flag being raised up the pole by UN security guards
3. Mid shot Serbian President Boris Tadic, watching as flag is raised, with pull out to group of diplomats
4. Wide shot Serbian President Tadic standing in front of UN flags
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5. Wide pan of Serbian President Tadic shaking hands with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and walking into room to pose for photo opportunity
6. Mid shot, pan from Tadic to Annan at table, to pull out of all those seated at table
7. Mid shot UN flags, exterior
8. Wide shot UN building, exterior
STORYLINE:
Serbian President Boris Tadic attended a UN ceremony on Thursday for the replacement of the Serbia-Montenegro flag in front of the Secretariat Building with a Serbian flag.
Tadic travelled to U.N. headquarters in New York to discuss future ties in the wake of the split of Serbia-Montenegro .
After a photo opportunity with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Tadic meet behind closed doors with Annan to discuss his nation's future.
After the meeting Tadic said he is preparing an offer that would grant Kosovo a future just short of independence, and urged the province's leaders to be more flexible in talks about their future.
He said details of the plan will be presented to the six-nation Contact Group overseeing negotiations on Kosovo's future status.
Kosovo remains officially a province of Serbia, although it has been a de-facto U.N. protectorate since the end of the 1998-99 war between ethnic Albanian separatists and Serb forces.
Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians insist on full independence.
Tadic's visit follows Montenegro's decision last weekend to break away from Serbia and declare independence.
Montenegrin citizens supported the separation by a slim margin in a referendum last month.
Serbia, which supported preserving the union, has declared itself the legal heir to the Serbia-Montenegro state, or what was left of Yugoslavia.
This includes the seat in the United Nations, while Montenegro will have to apply for U.N. membership separately.
On Tuesday, Serbia took over the once common army and diplomatic missions.
The split of the Serbia-Montenegro union marks the end of an 88-year-long history of Yugoslavia.
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