Riitta Hannele Resch (née ''Niemi'') (born 2 September 1954) is a Finnish diplomat. She is a leading expert at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Humanitarian Aid and Policy Unit. Resch worked as an ambassador in

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital city, capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanize ...

from 2004 to 2008. She started working at the

Ministry for 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 ...

in 1982.Riitta Resch suurlähettilääksi Manilaan. Ulkoasiainministeriö
2.4.2004. Viitattu 26.4.2017 Resch worked as an ambassador in

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...

, Nicosia from 2008 to 2012,Ulkoasiainministeriö
28.3.2008. Viitattu 26.4.2017 and was the head of the United Nations delegation to Finland.Suomen valtuuskunnan johtaja uskoo asekauppasopimuksen syntymiseen. Ylen uutiset
29.3.2013 . Viitattu 26.4.2017 Resch has also served in the Embassies of

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

and

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the NCT Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati B ...

, as well as at the Geneva Delegation and the UN Representation in

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. 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.

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Ambassadors of Finland to Cyprus Ambassadors of Finland to the Philippines Finnish women ambassadors 1954 births Living people {{Finland-diplomat-stub