NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

Giovanni Caracciolo di Vietri, the new Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Caracciolo di Vietri had been serving as Director-General in charge of European countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome since 2004. He was Italy’s Ambassador to Belgrade from 2000 to 2004, and was Deputy Director-General in charge of Italians living abroad and migration policies at the Ministry from 1996 to 2000.

A career diplomat, Mr. Caracciolo di Vietri’s foreign posts include being Consul General of Italy in Paris from 1992 to 1996; First Secretary at the Italian Embassy in Washington from 1980 to 1986; and First Secretary at the Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa from 1977 to 1980. He started his diplomatic career in 1971, one year after obtaining a degree in law from the University of Naples.

Mr. Caracciolo di Vietri was born in Rome on 5 December 1947.