Ion Goriță Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reprezentanţi Permanenţi la ONU . Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  2. Arthur S. Banks, Alan J. Day, Thomas C. Muller (eds.), Political Handbook of the World 1997, p. 696, CSA Publications,
  3. http://www.unicef.org/about/execboard/files/Executive_Board-Officers-2014-ENGLISH-10Jan2014.pdf Officers of the UNICEF Executive Board 1946–2014
  4. http://www.unicef.org/about/history/index_55642.html Executive Board
  5. FBIS Daily Report: East Europe, 116–126, p. 23
  6. Report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2004 and Programme of Work for 2005, Annex I, p. 12, United Nations