Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake , the United Nations reported that the headquarters of the mission in Port-au-Prince had collapsed and that the mission 's chief , Hédi Annabi of Tunisia , his deputy Luiz Carlos da Costa of Brazil , and the acting police commissioner , RCMP Supt. Doug Coates of Canada , were confirmed dead . On 14 January 2010 , UN headquarters dispatched the former head of MINUSTAH and current Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations , Edmond Mulet , as the organisation 's Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and interim head of MINUSTAH . Mulet clarified on 22 January 2010 that MINUSTAH would concentrate on assisting the Haitian National Police in providing security within the country after the earthquake , while American and Canadian military forces will distribute humanitarian aid and provide security for aid distribution
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti