Now, Montenegro has its own ambassador--an excellent opportunity for the NYT to compare/contrast poor, victimized, innocent Montenegro with big, bad brother Serbia. I don't see what the point is of such rhetoric, except to further drive home the image of Serbs as "bad":

As ambassador for Serbia and Montenegro, Mr. Kaludjerovic faced the United Nations Security Council on two thorny issues for Serbia: the potential independence of the Serbian province of Kosovo, and war crimes proceedings against Serbian officials at The Hague.
Serbia has been widely criticized as uncooperative with the trials. Though Mr. Kaludjerovic describes himself as a strong believer in full cooperation with the proceedings at The Hague, he said he stuck to the script provided by his superiors on the matter. “Being a professional and an ambassador, I asked for clear instructions from Belgrade and delivered those statements,” he said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/05/world/europe/05kalud.html