In a letter to the president of the UNDP Executive Board, Annan said he believed Dervis would build on the successful reforms implemented by Brown over the past six years and would consolidate UNDP's "critical role in helping address global development priorities from the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to crisis prevention and recovery".
U pismu predsedniku Izvršnog odbora UNDP-a Anan je izrazio uverenje da će Derviš nadgrađivati uspešne reforme koje je sproveo Braun u poslednjih šest godina i da će konsolidovati «kritičnu ulogu UNDP-a u pružanju pomoći u radu na globalnim razvojnim prioritetima, od Milenijumskih ciljeva razvoja (MDG) do sprečavanja kriza i oporavka».