1 December
National Day

Reception at UN

H.E. Mr. Mihnea Motoc, Ambassador of Romania to UN,
receives H.E. Mr. Julian Hunte, President of UN General Assembly

H.E. Mr. Mihnea Motoc, Ambassador of Romania to UN,
receives H.E. Mr. John Negroponte, US Ambassador to UN

H.E. Mr. Mihnea Motoc, Ambassador of Romania to UN,
receives H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Ambassador of Russian Federation to UN

H.E. Mr. Mihnea Motoc, Ambassador of Romania to UN,
receives H.E. Mr. Gert Rosenthal, President of ECOSOC,
Ambassador of Guatemala to UN

H.E. Mr. Mihnea Motoc, Ambassador of Romania to UN,
receives H.E. Mr. Kalman Miszei, UNDP Assistant Administrator,
Regional Director for Europe and CIS

Photos by F. Deak

Archives

Novembre 1917, Paris - Télégramme envoyée par le Président de la République Française, M. Raymond Poincaré, au roi Ferdinand I. Le roi de la Roumanie était félicité à cette occasion, en vertu de l’amitié et les rapports de fraternité entre les deux pays, pour les succès reportés par l’armée roumaine.

 

November 1917 – Statement of the President of the United States of America, Mr. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, to the Havas News Agency on the US support towards the Freedom and Unity goals of Romania, and on the US endorsement for Romania after the conclusion of the war and in the forthcoming negotiations for peace.

 

April 11/24, 1918 – Note from the President of the United States of America, Mr. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, addressed to Secretary of State, Mr. Robert Lansing stating the US Government “sympathises sincerely with the legitimate aspirations of Romania”.

 

June 29/Jully 12, 1918, Washington – Letter from Mr. Vasile Stoica, President of the Romanian National League of America, to Mr. Robert Lansing, Secretary of State.

 

November 18/ December 1, 1918, Alba Iulia – Declaration of the National Assembly of Romanians from Transylvania and Banat to unite with Romania.

 

November 18/ December 1, 1918 – The Transylvanian Delegation - Vasile Goldis, Miron Cristea, Iuliu Hossu, Alexandru Vaida-Voievod, Caius Brediceanu – that brought to Bucharest the Unification Act Transylvania with Romania.

 

Alexandru Averescu (1859-1938). Marshall and politician. General, the commander–in–chief of the Romanian Second Army (1916-1918) that won the crucial battle at Mărăşti (July 1917). Prime Minister (1918, 1920-1921, 1926-1927).

 

Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (1872-1950). Politician, one of the leaders  of the Romanian National Party in Transylvania, as well as member of the Steering Council of Transylvania (1918-1920).

 

Ion I.C. Bratianu (1864-1927). Politician, President of the National Liberal Party (1907-1927), several times Minister and Prime-Minister (1908-1910, 1914-1918, 1918-1919, 1922-1926). He had a major role in strengthening Romania national and unified state.

 

Take Ionescu (1858-1922). Politician, leader of the Conservative-Democrat Party (1908). Minister and Prim-Minister (1921-1922) and President of the National Council of Romanian Unity.

 

Nicolae Titulescu (1882-1941). Politician and diplomat. Minister of foreign affairs of Romania (1927-1928, 1932-1936). Permanent representative of Romania to the League of Nations and President of the League of Nations (1930-1931). Head of the Romanian delegation to the Peace Conference in Paris.

 

Maria (Alexandra Victoria) (1875-1938). Queen of Romania since 1892 when she married King Ferdinand. She strongly supported and advanced the idea of Romania joining the WW I fights alongside with the Entente in the aim of achieving its unification goals. She was a gifted writer.

 

Ferdinand I de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1865-1927). King of Romania (1914-1927). He identified himself so strongly with Romanians’ ideals of national identity that he declared war to the Central Powers, with the goal of liberating the Romanian people and fulfilling the dream of uniting all the provinces inhabited by Romanians.

 

 

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