31.   A priority of the international administration of Brcko will be to vastly increase the number of international police monitors to ensure security.

32.   According to McDowell, international police monitors will be again increasing their presence in the region, possibly with NATO-led peace troops.

33.   Alexander Ivanko, a spokesman for the U.N. police monitors, confirmed that a number of persons had been arrested for participating in the incident.

34.   Alun Roberts, a U.N. spokesman in Banja Luka, said U.N. police monitors would investigate the incident.

35.   An unarmed, barely trained interim police force of vetted former soldiers assisted by international police monitors is trying to keep order while a new police force is trained.

36.   An Argentinian source in the U.S.-led multinational force said police monitors who saw Loiseau after the beating complained to U.S. military officials.

37.   Assailants shot and slightly wounded an off-duty Argentine police monitor during an attempted holdup, authorities said Wednesday.

38.   At a news conference to explain what international police monitors are doing, he shook the hand of Lt. Col. Samed Abu-Ourabi, his Jordanian counterpart.

39.   At a meeting Thursday morning with Wasserman, Bezdrob said immediate instructions would be given to all police stations to cooperate fully with international police monitors, Ivanko said.

40.   At a news conference to explain what international police monitors are doing, he shook the hand of Lieutenant Colonel Samed Abu-Ourabi, his Jordanian counterpart.