But the Germans were adamant about the arrests. Setting up a legal system is one of the priorities of the U.N. mission in Kosovo. A group of 150 international police officers is scheduled to arrive from Bosnia this week. The United Nations also has tapped four judges, including one former Albanian supreme court justice, to begin holding court during the next few weeks. The United Nations also plans to establish water and electric services to all communities.
Communications also are important.
Although it may take months to restore phone and postal service, the United Nations is planning to set up a radio station in the next two weeks to broadcast news and information in Serb and Albanian . The United Nations also is trying to reassure Serbs that they are welcome to stay. The civil posts the United Nations will try to fill will be open to any ethnic group, though Vieira de Mello cautions that appointed political administrators loyal to the Yugoslav government will not be rehired. Technical expertise, whether Serb, ethnic Albanian or Turkish, is desperately needed , Vieira de Mello says. The issue of salaries has not yet been settled.