UN-Sonderbeauftragter
Since 2005, he is the Deputy Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Sudan. And following the departure of titular Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator Manuel Aranda da Silva in June 2007, he has since that time been the acting Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator - a function which also carries the title of Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and which is the highest United Nations post in the country, besides that of Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ashraf Qazi (nominated in September 2007, and previously vacant).