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Dr.Dumitru Ciausu
Ambassador-at-Large
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Born on May 8, 1937, in Corbu Village, Olt County
Married to Mihaela Mihai, two children
Studies
1956-1960 - Law Faculty, University of Bucharest
1966-1969 - Graduate of the Institute of High International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
1971 - PhD in Political Sciences, University of Geneva
Professional Career
1960-1966 - Attaché, Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania
1969-1972 - Second and First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1972-1977 - First Secretary, Counselor, Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations, New York
1978-1985 - Counselor and Minister Counselor, Embassy of Romania in Bonn, FRG
1985-1990 - Counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1990-1992 - Deputy Director of Legal, Treaties and Human Rights Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1992-1993 - Minister-Counselor, Chargé d'Affaires a.i., Embassy of Romania to Oslo, Norway
1994-1996 - Director, Legal Affairs and Treaties Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
September - December 1996 - Minister-Counselor, Embassy of Romania to Paris, France
January-July 1997 - Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 1997-January 2001 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to Paris, France
Since January 2001 - Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
International Conferences and Meetings
Expert of Romanian Delegations to the UN General Assemblies (1992, 1969), ECOSOC (1966), ILO Conference (1965)
Alternate member of Romanian delegations to the UN General Assemblies (1972-1977) and to the UN Human Rights Commission (1972-1974)
Alternate Representative of Romania to the UN Security Council (1976-1977)
Member of the Romanian delegation to the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (New York, 1973 and Caracas, 1974)
Member of the UN Subcommission for the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (1978-1983)
Member of the Committee for the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights under the International Covenants of Human Rights (since January 1, 1993) and Vice-President of the Committee (1995-2001)
Publications
PhD Dissertation on "Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes through Procedures of Direct Understandings" (in French, 1971)
"Exercising Freedom", Bucharest, 1977 (contains editorials and essays published in the Romanian press
Studies and articles in Romanian magazines focusing mainly on law of the sea, definition of aggression, the principles of international law, human rights
Hobbies
Chess
Foreign Languages
English, French, German
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