12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Mr. Mulet (Guatemala) was re-appointed by the Secretary-General as Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations in 1 June 2011. He had most recently served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), where he was deployed in the immediate aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake, and led the United Nations’ contribution to the country’s recovery, from the provision of humanitarian assistance to reconstruction to the recent holding of presidential elections. Mr. Mulet was educated in Guatemala, Canada, the US and Switzerland. In addition to his public service, he worked for many years as a journalist and as a legal counsellor to public institutions and for the private sector, including as manager of several private enterprises and as senior partner in a legal consulting firm.