Ion Goriță is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

n diplomat and

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official. He served as the

Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations The Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations ( ro, Reprezentant Permanent al României la Organizația Națiunilor Unite) is currently Ion Jinga since 4 August 2015. Romania joined the United Nations (UN) on 14 December 1955. T ...

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from 1994 to 2000 and as President of the

UNICEF UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Devel ...

Executive Board at the international level in 1996. 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 In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

. He was Chairman of the Joint Inspection Unit from 2004 to 2005.
Report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2004 and Programme of Work for 2005
', Annex I, p. 12, United Nations

References

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