Stanislas 'Stan' Nkwain, a national of Cameroon

Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

, is a senior United Nations

United Nations

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 official working for the United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Development Programme

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 (UNDP).

From 2003 to 2005, he was Resident Representative

Resident Representative

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 of UNDP in Bangui

Bangui

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, Central African Republic

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The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...

, which also entailed the functions of Resident Coordinator

Resident Coordinator

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 and, after the country was declared a humanitarian emergency in 2005, that of Humanitarian Coordinator

Humanitarian Coordinator

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. He was therefore the seniormost UN official in Central African Republic

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.

He was notable for attracting attention to the humanitarian emergency in the country, which he called "a forgotten emergency".