In 2003 , United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sérgio Vieira de Mello invited Schwartz to join the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights . After Vieiera de Mello 's assassination in the Canal Hotel bombing , Schwartz served as Chief of Office in the Geneva Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights . He served there until 2004 . In 2005 , Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan appointed Schwartz as UN Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami . In this capacity , Schwartz served under Bill Clinton , who was the Secretary-General 's Special Envoy . He served as Deputy Special Envoy until 2007
Canal Hotel bombing
Canal Hotel bombing
Eric P. Schwartz