(16 Feb 2007)
1. Exterior of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) headquarters
2. Close-up of NATO symbol on sleeve of security officer
3. Mid of NATO flag
4. Pan of NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari entering news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Martti Ahtisaari, Chief UN envoy:
"I have my doubts and I don't believe in miracles but I have wanted genuinely to give the parties a chance to come together once more."
6. Cutaway of photographer
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Martti Ahtisaari, Chief UN envoy:
"And I think there's a general support from international community that we should engage once again the parties. But this can't be an eternal process either because I think we have to draw the conclusion at some stage and say: 'this is it, this is as far as we have been able to go,' and then report to the Secretary-General and the Security Council."
8. Close-up of reporter taking notes
9. Wide of Ahtisaari and de Hoop Scheffer
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary-General:
"Of course the efforts by President Ahtisaari, hopefully resulting in a Security Council resolution, will find a solution for the status of Kosovo in which all people will live in peace and security and stability together. And what I also underlined yesterday to all my interlocutors was that finally, what is important for all Kosovans? That is seeing their standard of living improve, that is having a job, that is seeing education, seeing infrastructure, seeing development, that is what it's all about."
11. Pan from NATO officials to wide of Ahtisaari and de Hoop Scheffer
12. Mid of officials
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary-General:
"There's nothing wrong, of course it's entirely correct, that this is being discussed between the United States and in this case two allies - the Czech Republic and Poland. But, I add, as I said in Munich last saturday, that the NATO summit in Riga also asked us here in Brussels, me and the North Atlantic Council, to continue the discussion on missile defence and that is what we'll do here in Brussels. In other words, as I said in Munich, it is also a time to NATO-ise this debate."
14. Mid of Ahtisaari and de Hoop Scheffer shaking hands
15. Wide of men leaving podium
STORYLINE:
The chief United Nations envoy behind a UN-backed plan for the future status of Kosovo said on Friday, that he had "doubts" as to whether it would be successful.
Martti Ahtisaari was speaking at a joint news conference with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Brussels.
The proposal, drawn up by UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari, does not explicitly mention independence, but it envisages internationally supervised self-rule and the trappings of statehood, such as a flag, anthem, army and constitution, while giving Kosovo's minority Serbs more control over their day-to-day affairs.
Ahtisaari wants to put the proposal before the UN Security Council by the end of next month.
"I have my doubts and I don't believe in miracles but I have wanted genuinely to give the parties a chance to come together once more," Ahtisaari told reporters on Friday.
"This can't be an eternal process either because I think we have to draw the conclusion at some stage and say: 'this is it, this is as far as we have been able to go," Ahtisaari added.
However, ethnic Albanian leaders said on Friday they saw no chance of reaching an agreement with Serbia on the proposal.
The two sides are to meet for a final round of negotiations on the plan next week in Vienna, Austria.
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