Riitta Hannele Resch (née Niemi) (born 2 September 1954)[1] is a Finnish diplomat. She is a leading expert at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Humanitarian Aid and Policy Unit.[2] Resch worked as an ambassador in Manila from 2004 to 2008. She started working at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1982.[3][4]

Resch worked as an ambassador in Cyprus, Nicosia from 2008 to 2012,[4][5] and was the head of the United Nations delegation to Finland.[6] Resch has also served in the Embassies of Paris and New Delhi, as well as at the Geneva Delegation and the UN Representation in New York. In her home-country foreign ministry she has worked as a head of the UN unit in the Legal, Trade and Political Department and before moving to Manila in the Global Affairs Department as Head of the Global Global Unit.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ollikainen, Hannu (1980). Turun KY 30 vuotta 1950–1980 (in Finnish). Turku: Turun kauppakorkeakoulun ylioppilaskunta. p. 114. ISBN 9519927840.
  2. ^ Humanitaarisen avun ja politiikan yksikkö. Ulkoministeriö 28.3.2017. Viitattu 26.4.2017
  3. ^ a b Riitta Resch suurlähettilääksi Manilaan. Ulkoasiainministeriö 2.4.2004. Viitattu 26.4.2017
  4. ^ a b Ulkoasiainministeriö 28.3.2008. Viitattu 26.4.2017
  5. ^ Maatiedosto. Suomen suurlähetystö Nikosia 5.2.2015. Viitattu 26.4.2017
  6. ^ Suomen valtuuskunnan johtaja uskoo asekauppasopimuksen syntymiseen. Ylen uutiset 29.3.2013 . Viitattu 26.4.2017


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