Speaker
Juan Gabriel Valdés was Chile's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2000-03) and a member of the Security Council during the deliberations prior to the invasion of Iraq. Subsequently, he served as head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. Ambassador Valdés now serves as the director of Chile's public diplomacy program for the Bachelet government.
More Information
Read "Expectations Collide With Reality," Taylor Boas's article for the Spring 2008 Berkeley Review.