Ion Goriță | |
Office: | Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations |
Term Start: | 1994 |
Term End: | 2000 |
Office2: | President of UNICEF |
Term Start2: | 1996 |
Term End2: | 1996 |
Predecessor2: | Khalil Makkawi |
Successor2: | Mercedes Pulido |
Nationality: | Romanian |
Profession: | diplomat |
Ion Goriță is a Romanian diplomat and United Nations official. He served as the Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations in New York from 1994 to 2000[1] [2] and as President of the UNICEF Executive Board at the international level in 1996.[3] [4] Before his appointment as Permanent Representative to the U.N., he served as Secretary of State (Deputy Foreign Minister) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[5] He was Chairman of the Joint Inspection Unit from 2004 to 2005.[6]