1.   Gov. George Pataki appointed John C. Whitehead chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., which was created to coordinate the effort.

2.   The AIDS and race offices were created to coordinate federal programs across a wide range of agencies, but the administrators have no direct authority to make policy.

3.   Contributors asked to be included in all peacekeeping briefings the council receives from U.N. staff and suggested a permanent working group be created to coordinate discussion.

4.   Somalia Flood Response is the body created to coordinate relief operations by U.N. agencies and private organizations.

5.   Earlier Wednesday, the president named Brigadier General Andres Antonietti as secretary of security, a post created to coordinate the intelligence activities of the Argentine security forces.