Career
In 1984, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and in 1987 Minister of Foreign Affairs. He held this post until the disintegration of former Yugoslavia in 1991. From 1993 to 1995 he served as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to the Non-Aligned Movement.
He was advisor in various Non-governmental organizations, like Appeal of Conscience Foundation, The World Council of Religious and Spiritual Leaders in New York, and the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva.
He later served as an advisor to Croatian president Stjepan Mesić.