Tauran became an official of the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church in 1983, and then participated in special missions in Haiti (1984), and Beirut and Damascus (1986).
Postao je službenik Vijeća za javne poslove Crkve, 1983., te je sudjelovao u posebnim misijama na Haitiju (1984.), i Beirutu i Damasku (1986).