(14 Oct 2004)
October 14, 2004
1. Exterior of royal palace
2. Cavalcade bringing member of Throne Council to palace to choose new king
3. Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen, member of Throne Council, walking up steps into palace
4. Cutaway of guard
5. Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Throne Council member, getting out of car and walking to steps to palace
6. Band playing
7. Wide shot of steps to palace with Throne Council member walking up
8. Cambodian flags flying
9. Wide shot of palace building where Throne Council is meeting to choose new king
10. Throne Council members emerging from building after meeting
11. Throne Council members posing for photographs
12. Wide shot of building with Throne Council members on steps
13. Hun Sen walking to car
14. Monks, members of Throne Council, looking on
15. Journalists scrambling for copy of press release announcing appointment of Prince Norodom Sihamoni as new king
16. Palace aides handing out copies of press release
17. Cover of press release being turned - zooms in on page revealed beneath showing photograph of Sihamoni
File (November 9, 2002)
18. Various of Sihamoni standing to attention at Independence Day celebrations
File (December 31, 2000)
19. Ailing King Norodom Sihanouk being assisted as he attends a funeral of former ally
October 14, 2004
20. Ranariddh addressing royalist officials upon arrival at airport from Beijing, following meetings with Sihamoni and King Sihanouk
21. Cutaway of journalists
22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Throne Council member and half-brother of new king
"It's extremely important, you know, because we are a kingdom. And a kingdom, when we have to elect a new king, it's a new page for the monarchy history."
23. Various of street scenes
24. SOUNDBITE: (Khmer) Vox pop
"I don't know him (Sihamoni). I've only heard his name."
25. SOUNDBITE: (Khmer) Vox pop
"As long as it's good for the country, I'm happy."
26. SOUNDBITE: (Khmer) Vox pop
"It's all up to King Sihanouk. As long as he agrees, we'll all go along with it."
27. Various of palace exteriors
STORYLINE:
Prince Norodom Sihamoni was named Cambodia's new king on Thursday, succeeding his father, Norodom Sihanouk, who stunned the country last week by announcing his abdication because of ill health.
Sihamoni, a former ballet dancer and cultural ambassador, was approved by a nine-member Throne Council, the panel said in a statement signed by its chairman and acting head of state, Chea Sim.
The statement did not say how many council members voted for the prince, but two palace officials said, on condition of anonymity, that the vote was unanimous.
Members of the Throne Council gathered at a palace building in the capital, Phnom Penh, to make the appointment.
They included key political leaders - including Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Sihamoni's half brother and head of the National Assembly, and prime minister Hun Sen - as well as Buddhist monks.
Sihamoni had been widely endorsed and it took the council only half-an-hour to make its choice.
The announcement came in the form of a council statement, which was distributed to journalists after the meeting.
Sihamoni, 51, has been an ambassador to the United Nations cultural agency in Paris, and is the king's only surviving son by his Eurasian wife, Queen Monineath.
He is currently with Sihanouk in Beijing, where the monarch has been receiving medical treatment.
The pair are expected to return to Cambodia on Wednesday.
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