Maurizio Bucci  Maurizio Bucci (born 1923 in Sant'Angelo del Pesco) is an Italian diplomat, a former Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York of Italy and a former Chairman of UNICEF (1986–1987). He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1949, and has served as cabinet secretary to Carlo Sforza and Alcide De Gasperi. He was a member of the Italian delegation that negotiated the treaty for the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Defence Community. He also participated in the negotiations on the Treaty of Rome. He was ambassador in Damascus from 1973 to 1976 and in Brasilia from 1976 to 1979. He then served as Director General for Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1984 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 1984. In that capacity, he was also Chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board from 1986 to 1987.