Other Functions
- 1987/89 - Portuguese chief negotiator of Lomé IV convention
- 1990/93 - Deputy permanent representative to the Western European Union (WEU)
- 1995/2001 - Head of the Portuguese delegations to the Council of Europe (CoE), the Organisation for Economic and Development Co-Operation (OECD) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meetings
- 1995/97 - Portuguese chief negotiator of the EU Amsterdam treaty
- 1997 - President of the Committee of ministers of the Schengen Agreement
- 2000 - Président of the Council of ministers of the EU Internal Market
- 2000 - Portuguese chief negotiator of the EU Nice treaty
- 2001 - Vice-president of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
- 2001/02 - Chairman of the Second Committee (Economic and financial affairs) of the 56th UN General Assembly
- 2002- Vice-president of the 57th UN General Assembly
- 2002 - President of the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europa (OSCE)
- 2009 - President of the General Council of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro University (UTAD)
- 2010 - Member of the Consultative Council of the School of Economics, University of Coimbra
- 2011 - Member of the General Council of Guimarães - European Capital of Culture 2012
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