George Ward, the former ambassador to Namibia, will oversee humanitarian aid.

"I think that would be completely inappropriate," said Randall Deike, the vice president of enrollment management for N.Y.U., who oversees admissions and financial aid.

Local volunteer subcommittees oversee operations and aid in the care of intercepted girls.

Vince was the head of the bar committee that oversaw legal aid, so I went to visit him.

"Loans have now become the dominant form of financial assistance," said James Scannell, a vice president at the University of Rochester who oversees admissions and financial aid.

He announced he was forming commissions to oversee the civil service, the judiciary, foreign aid, the media, foreign trade and business, human rights, and private property.

Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who heads the Senate panel that oversees aid to Colombia, said in a telephone interview from Washington.

Senator Leahy heads the Senate Foreign Operations Subcommittee, which oversees foreign aid and the loan guarantee issue.

UN security forces have been restricted in their activity in Western Sahara, whereas they should be able to exercise complete control and oversee humanitarian aid.

"We're in a different world now," said Representative Nita M. Lowey, Democrat of New York, who heads the appropriations subcommittee that oversees foreign aid.