Vahd Nabyl A. Mulachela is a senior adviser on strategic partnerships and Third Committee in the Office of the President of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Vahd oversees the outreach of the Office of the President to civil society, private sector, and other strategic partners. He also covers the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee agenda items relating to social, humanitarian and human rights issues, the advancement of women, the protection of children, indigenous issues, the treatment of refugees, the promotion of fundamental freedoms through the elimination of racism and racial discrimination, the right to self-determination, youth, family, ageing, persons with disabilities, crime prevention, criminal justice, and international drug control.
As a diplomat from Indonesia, he joined his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2005, and served in various positions at the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Directorate of East Asia and the Pacific; the Directorate of North and Central America; and at the Secretariat of the Directorate General of American and European Affairs.
From 2010 to 2014 he served as third and second secretary in the Indonesian Embassy in Washington, D.C., with portfolio covering Indonesia’s economic affairs with the United States, the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Vahd was also an adviser to the President of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly covering issues related to strategic partnership, finance, ethics, management and youth. Before joining the Office of the President of the UN General Assembly, Vahd served as first secretary for economic affairs at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York.
Vahd holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, Indonesia, a Master’s degree in Humanities from Joensuu University in Finland, and a postgraduate diploma in diplomatic studies from St. Cross College, Oxford University, UK.
He speaks Indonesian and English.
