The UN Resident Coordinator Office
The United Nations Resident Coordinator Office supports the work of the UN Resident Coordinator. The UN Resident Coordinator leads the UN country team in consultations with the Government to define and agree on the UN strategic response to the Government’s development priorities. This response is captured in the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) - a new cooperation document for a period from 2026 to 2030.
The UNSDCF is the sixth UN-Azerbaijan cooperation framework and is based on an analysis of Azerbaijan’s progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The implementation of the Cooperation Framework puts the UN development system reform into practice, emphasizing transparency, accountability, and joint action in the delivery of all development results.
The UN Resident Coordinator Office has five core functions:
- Strategic Planning
- Economics
- Partnerships and development finance
- Data and results management and reporting
- Communications and advocacy
The UN Resident Coordinator ad interim in Azerbaijan
Mr. Garafulic is currently serving as the United Nations Resident Coordinator ad interim in Azerbaijan. He brings extensive experience in international development, economic policy, political dialogue, and multilateral coordination, gained through senior leadership roles within the United Nations system and public service across Latin America and beyond.
He has been serving as the United Nations Resident Coordinator ad interim in Paraguay since October 2024 until 2025. He previously served as United Nations Resident Coordinator in Peru (2019–2024) and Honduras (2018–2019).
Prior to his Resident Coordinator appointments, Mr. Garafulic held several senior positions with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), including Country Director in Guatemala (2014–2018), Chief of Staff for the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (2010–2014), and Senior Advisor for the UNDP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (2010).
Before joining the United Nations, Mr. Garafulic served as Governor of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago (2008–2010) and held senior economic and diplomatic roles within the Government of Chile, including as Head of Agricultural Negotiations with Japan, Korea, and China and Director of Multilateral Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006–2008), representing Chile in WTO, APEC, and OECD accession negotiations. Mr. Garafulic holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Oxford and a degree in Economics from the University of Chile. In addition to Spanish, he speaks English, Swedish, and Portuguese.
