Riitta Resch

{{Short description|Finnish diplomat}}

Riitta Hannele Resch (née Niemi) (born 2 September 1954){{cite book |author=Ollikainen, Hannu|title= Turun KY 30 vuotta 1950–1980 |location= Turku |publisher= Turun kauppakorkeakoulun ylioppilaskunta|pages=114 |date=1980 |isbn=9519927840 |language=fi}} is a Finnish diplomat. She is a leading expert at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Humanitarian Aid and Policy Unit.[http://formin.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=16735 Humanitaarisen avun ja politiikan yksikkö. Ulkoministeriö] 28.3.2017. Viitattu 26.4.2017 Resch worked as an ambassador in Manila from 2004 to 2008. She started working at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1982.[http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=61387& Riitta Resch suurlähettilääksi Manilaan. Ulkoasiainministeriö] 2.4.2004. Viitattu 26.4.2017

Resch worked as an ambassador in Cyprus, Nicosia from 2008 to 2012,[http://formin.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=124555&nodeid=17225&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI Ulkoasiainministeriö] 28.3.2008. Viitattu 26.4.2017[http://www.finland.org.cy/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=42766&culture=fi-FI&contentlan=1&displayall=1 Maatiedosto. Suomen suurlähetystö Nikosia] 5.2.2015. Viitattu 26.4.2017 and was the head of the United Nations delegation to Finland.[http://yle.fi/uutiset/3-6559230 Suomen valtuuskunnan johtaja uskoo asekauppasopimuksen syntymiseen. Ylen uutiset] 29.3.2013 . Viitattu 26.4.2017 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.