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{{Short description|Venezuelan politician and diplomat}}
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|successor3 = [[Celestino Armas]]
|successor3 = [[Celestino Armas]]
|office4 = Governor of Caracas, Capital District
|office4 = Governor of Caracas, Capital District
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|president4 = [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]]
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'''Diego Enrique Arria Salicetti''' (born 8 October 1938 in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]),<ref>''[[El Nacional (Caracas)|el-nacional.com]]'', [http://www.el-nacional.com/seccion/64/primarias-2012/65/diego-arria Diego Arria] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520151734/http://www.el-nacional.com/seccion/64/primarias-2012/65/diego-arria |date=2012-05-20 }}, accessed 20 May 2012</ref> is a Venezuelan politician and diplomat who served as Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the [[United Nations]] (1991–1993) and President of the [[Security Council]] (March 1992).
'''Diego Enrique Arria Salicetti''' (born 8 October 1938 in [[Caracas]], Venezuela),<ref>''[[El Nacional (Caracas)|el-nacional.com]]'', [http://www.el-nacional.com/seccion/64/primarias-2012/65/diego-arria Diego Arria] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520151734/http://www.el-nacional.com/seccion/64/primarias-2012/65/diego-arria |date=2012-05-20 }}, accessed 20 May 2012</ref> is a Venezuelan politician and diplomat who served as Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the [[United Nations]] (1991–1993) and President of the [[Security Council]] (March 1992).


He was governor of the [[Venezuelan Capital District|Federal District]] of Caracas in the mid-1970s. Other positions have included Diplomatic Fellow at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and Visiting Scholar at [[Columbia University]].<ref name=courier/> Arria is a critic of former [[President of Venezuela]], [[Hugo Chávez]],<ref name=EUchavez/> and denounced him at the [[International Criminal Court]] at The Hague for crimes against humanity. Chávez died before the court could judge his case.
He was governor of the [[Venezuelan Capital District|Federal District]] of Caracas in the mid-1970s. Other positions have included diplomatic fellow at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and visiting scholar at [[Columbia University]].<ref name=courier/> Arria is a critic of former [[President of Venezuela]], [[Hugo Chávez]],<ref name=EUchavez/> and denounced him at the [[International Criminal Court]] at The Hague for crimes against humanity. Chávez died before the court could judge his case.


==Background==
==Background==
Arria was schooled partly in Caracas and partly at the [[Augusta Military Academy]] at [[Fort Defiance, Virginia]]. He obtained a degree in economics and political science from the [[University of Michigan]].<ref name=noticias24>{{in lang|es}} noticias24.com, 11 February 2012, [http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/90153/perfil-de-diego-arria-un-hombre-con-amplia-experiencia-y-una-propuesta-radical/ Perfil de Diego Arria: Un hombre con amplia experiencia y una propuesta radical] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130130052918/http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/90153/perfil-de-diego-arria-un-hombre-con-amplia-experiencia-y-una-propuesta-radical/ |date=2013-01-30 }}</ref> Arria worked for the [[Inter-American Development Bank]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] until he returned to Venezuela in 1969, initially as Director of Tourism in [[Rafael Caldera]]'s Ministry of Development, and later as president of the CONAHOTU (National Corporation of Hotels and Tourism),<ref>Judith Ewell (1984), ''Venezuela: A Century of Change'', C. Hurst & Co, p178</ref> and president of Venezuelan Tourism Corporation.
Arria was schooled partly in Caracas and partly at the [[Augusta Military Academy]] at [[Fort Defiance, Virginia]]. He obtained a degree in economics and political science from the [[University of Michigan]].<ref name=noticias24>{{in lang|es}} noticias24.com, 11 February 2012, [http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/90153/perfil-de-diego-arria-un-hombre-con-amplia-experiencia-y-una-propuesta-radical/ Perfil de Diego Arria: Un hombre con amplia experiencia y una propuesta radical] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130130052918/http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/90153/perfil-de-diego-arria-un-hombre-con-amplia-experiencia-y-una-propuesta-radical/ |date=2013-01-30 }}</ref> Arria worked for the [[Inter-American Development Bank]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], until he returned to Venezuela in 1969, initially as Director of Tourism in [[Rafael Caldera]]'s Ministry of Development, and later as president of the CONAHOTU (National Corporation of Hotels and Tourism),<ref>Judith Ewell (1984), ''Venezuela: A Century of Change'', C. Hurst & Co, p178</ref> and president of Venezuelan Tourism Corporation.


==Political career==
==Political career==
Arria resigned as head of the Venezuela Tourism Corporation to create the political movement Causa Común (Common Cause) that later supported the presidential candidacy of [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]]. In 1973, Arria was elected member of the National Congress, representing the state of Miranda. Shortly after Carlos Andrés was elected in March 1974, he appointed Arria Governor of the [[Venezuelan Capital District|Federal District]] ([[Caracas]]),<ref name=Facts/> at a time when this was one of the most important presidential appointments.<ref>"the tasks given to federal district governors between 1945 and the 1970s, and the kinds of individuals appointed to this office, suggest that a president viewed naming the federal district governor to be one of his three or four most important appointments." - [[Steve Ellner]], David J. Myers, "Caracas: incomplete Empowerment amid Geographical Feudalism", p103, in David J. Myers, Henry A. Dietz (2002), ''Capital city politics in Latin America: democratization and empowerment'', [[Lynne Rienner Publishers]], 2002</ref> In September 1974, he went to [[Chile]] to negotiate with President [[Pinochet]] for the release of his friend [[Orlando Letelier]], who later became a colleague at the [[Inter-American Development Bank|Inter American Development Bank]] in D.C. Pinochet ordered the release of Letelier, who was told by the officer in charge that ''"''the arm of [[Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional|DINA]] is long; General Pinochet will not and does not tolerate activities against his government''." ''This was a clear warning to Letelier that living in exile in Venezuela and United States would not guarantee his safety. In fact, not long after in 1976, Letelier was murdered in a car bomb attack in Washington D.C on Pinochet's order.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ideaspublicas.org/2006/09/28/carta-a-los-chilenos/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-01-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306070305/http://www.ideaspublicas.org/2006/09/28/carta-a-los-chilenos/ |archive-date=2008-03-06 }}</ref> Arria intervened again by bringing Letelier's body to Caracas for burial, where it remained until the end of Pinochet's rule. He subsequently moved from the governorship to become Minister of Information and Tourism in February 1977.<ref name=LAreport12/><ref name=Penniman>Howard Rae Penniman (1980), [https://books.google.com/books?ei=q8CwTcaWJoGZhQfAwYjrCg&ct=result&id=kOMOAAAAYAAJ Venezuela at the polls: the National elections of 1978], American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, p159</ref><ref>http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/initiatives/latin_america/events/2010/month03/venezuela_08.php</ref> He resigned on 17 March 1978 in order to stand as an independent candidate in the [[1978 Venezuelan presidential election]].<ref name=LAreport12>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=LcxoAAAAMAAJ Latin America political report, Volume 12]'', Latin American Newsletters Ltd., 1978, p89</ref> As part of his campaign, he published two books: "''Primero La Gente''" ("The People First") and "''Dedicación a una Causa''" ("Dedication to a Cause").
Arria resigned as head of the Venezuela Tourism Corporation to create the political movement Causa Común (Common Cause) that later supported the presidential candidacy of [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]]. In 1973, Arria was elected member of the National Congress, representing the state of Miranda. Shortly after Carlos Andrés was elected in March 1974, he appointed Arria Governor of the [[Venezuelan Capital District|Federal District]] ([[Caracas]]),<ref name=Facts/> at a time when this was one of the most important presidential appointments.<ref>"the tasks given to federal district governors between 1945 and the 1970s, and the kinds of individuals appointed to this office, suggest that a president viewed naming the federal district governor to be one of his three or four most important appointments." - [[Steve Ellner]], David J. Myers, "Caracas: incomplete Empowerment amid Geographical Feudalism", p103, in David J. Myers, Henry A. Dietz (2002), ''Capital city politics in Latin America: democratization and empowerment'', [[Lynne Rienner Publishers]], 2002</ref> In September 1974, he went to [[Chile]] to negotiate with President [[Pinochet]] for the release of his friend [[Orlando Letelier]], who later became a colleague at the [[Inter-American Development Bank|Inter American Development Bank]] in D.C. Pinochet ordered the release of Letelier, who was told by the officer in charge that ''"''the arm of [[Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional|DINA]] is long; General Pinochet will not and does not tolerate activities against his government''." ''This was a clear warning to Letelier that living in exile in Venezuela and United States would not guarantee his safety. In fact, not long after in 1976, Letelier was murdered in a car bomb attack in Washington D.C on Pinochet's order.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ideaspublicas.org/2006/09/28/carta-a-los-chilenos/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-01-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306070305/http://www.ideaspublicas.org/2006/09/28/carta-a-los-chilenos/ |archive-date=2008-03-06 }}</ref> Arria intervened again by bringing Letelier's body to Caracas for burial, where it remained until the end of Pinochet's rule. He subsequently moved from the governorship to become Minister of Information and Tourism in February 1977.<ref name=LAreport12/><ref name=Penniman>Howard Rae Penniman (1980), [https://books.google.com/books?id=kOMOAAAAYAAJ Venezuela at the polls: the National elections of 1978], American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, p159</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/initiatives/latin_america/events/2010/month03/venezuela_08.php |title=Carr Center for Human Rights Policy |access-date=2010-05-14 |archive-date=2012-08-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805170506/http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/initiatives/latin_america/events/2010/month03/venezuela_08.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> He resigned on 17 March 1978 in order to stand as an independent candidate in the [[1978 Venezuelan presidential election]].<ref name=LAreport12>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=LcxoAAAAMAAJ Latin America political report, Volume 12]'', Latin American Newsletters Ltd., 1978, p89</ref> As part of his campaign, he published two books: "''Primero La Gente''" ("The People First") and "''Dedicación a una Causa''" ("Dedication to a Cause").


In 2012, Arria stood as an independent candidate for the presidential nomination of the [[Coalition for Democratic Unity]] for the [[2012 Venezuelan presidential election]]. Primary elections were held on 12 February 2012, with [[Henrique Capriles Radonski]] winning the nomination.
In 2012, Arria stood as an independent candidate for the presidential nomination of the [[Coalition for Democratic Unity]] for the [[2012 Venezuelan presidential election]]. Primary elections were held on 12 February 2012, with [[Henrique Capriles Radonski]] winning the nomination.


===United Nations===
===United Nations===
Arria was Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the [[United Nations]] from 1991 to 1993,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldforum.org/Commission-On-Globalisation/leadership/bios/bio_arria.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714154415/http://www.worldforum.org/Commission-On-Globalisation/leadership/bios/bio_arria.htm |archive-date=2010-07-14 }}</ref><ref name=adolfo>adolfotaylhardat.net, [http://www.adolfotaylhardat.net/cvarte.htm Adolfo Raul Taylhardat - Curriculum Vitae] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903081614/http://www.adolfotaylhardat.net/cvarte.htm |date=2011-09-03 }}</ref> and President of the [[UNSC|Security Council]] (March 1992),<ref>[[United Nations]], [https://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/scpres1990.htm Presidents of the Security Council : 1990-1999] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018015052/http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/scpres1990.htm |date=October 18, 2012 }}</ref> during Venezuela's [[List of members of the United Nations Security Council|membership of the Security Council]]. Arria later became Special Advisor to [[Kofi Annan]], Secretary General of the UN.<ref name=courier>{{cite web |url=http://europeancourier.org/DiegoArria.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209012224/http://www.europeancourier.org/DiegoArria.htm |archive-date=2010-02-09 }}</ref>
Arria was Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the [[United Nations]] from 1991 to 1993,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldforum.org/Commission-On-Globalisation/leadership/bios/bio_arria.htm |title=Diego Arria |access-date=2010-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714154415/http://www.worldforum.org/Commission-On-Globalisation/leadership/bios/bio_arria.htm |archive-date=2010-07-14 }}</ref><ref name=adolfo>adolfotaylhardat.net, [http://www.adolfotaylhardat.net/cvarte.htm Adolfo Raul Taylhardat - Curriculum Vitae] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903081614/http://www.adolfotaylhardat.net/cvarte.htm |date=2011-09-03 }}</ref> and President of the [[UNSC|Security Council]] (March 1992),<ref>[[United Nations]], [https://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/scpres1990.htm Presidents of the Security Council : 1990-1999] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018015052/http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/scpres1990.htm |date=October 18, 2012 }}</ref> during Venezuela's [[List of members of the United Nations Security Council|membership of the Security Council]]. Arria later became Special Advisor to [[Kofi Annan]], Secretary General of the UN.<ref name=courier>{{cite web |url=http://europeancourier.org/DiegoArria.htm |title=The European Courier &#124; Diego Arria |access-date=2010-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209012224/http://www.europeancourier.org/DiegoArria.htm |archive-date=2010-02-09 }}</ref>


====Arria (formula) meetings====
====Arria (formula) meetings====


As UNSC president, he initiated the eponymous '[[Arria formula meeting|Arria formula]]'<ref>http://dspace.cigilibrary.org/jspui/bitstream/123456789/18545/1/The%20Arria%20Formula.pdf?1{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> a very informal consultation process which affords members of the Security Council the opportunity to hear persons in a confidential, informal setting. These meetings are presided over by a member of the Council who acts as a facilitator for the discussion rather than the President of the council. Arria has described this formula as a way of ensuring that members 'have to be honest'.<ref name="tcs.cam.ac.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/international/0009693-interview-diego-arria.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-06-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20140605095602/http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/international/0009693-interview-diego-arria.html |archive-date=2014-06-05 }}</ref> He was chairman during the massacres at [[Srebrenica]]. After visiting the enclave, he warned of its impending doom and predicted that a massacre would take place, saying it was "slow motion Genocide" and describing the besieged enclave as "a concentration camp policed by [[UNPROFOR]]".<ref name="The New York Times 1993">{{cite web | title=U.N. Visitors Say Srebrenica Is 'an Open Jail' | website=The New York Times | date=1993-04-26 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/26/world/un-visitors-say-srebrenica-is-an-open-jail.html | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> According to the UN,
As UNSC president, he initiated the eponymous '[[Arria formula meeting|Arria formula]]'<ref>http://dspace.cigilibrary.org/jspui/bitstream/123456789/18545/1/The%20Arria%20Formula.pdf?1{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> a very informal consultation process which affords members of the Security Council the opportunity to hear persons in a confidential, informal setting. These meetings are presided over by a member of the Council who acts as a facilitator for the discussion rather than the President of the council. Arria has described this formula as a way of ensuring that members 'have to be honest'.<ref name="tcs.cam.ac.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/international/0009693-interview-diego-arria.html |title=Interview: UN Security Council President - Diego Arria &#124; International &#124; the Cambridge Student |access-date=2014-06-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140605095602/http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/international/0009693-interview-diego-arria.html |archive-date=2014-06-05 }}</ref> He was chairman during the massacres at [[Srebrenica]]. After visiting the enclave, he warned of its impending doom and predicted that a massacre would take place, saying it was "slow motion Genocide" and describing the besieged enclave as "a concentration camp policed by [[UNPROFOR]]".<ref name="The New York Times 1993">{{cite web | title=U.N. Visitors Say Srebrenica Is 'an Open Jail' | website=The New York Times | date=1993-04-26 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/26/world/un-visitors-say-srebrenica-is-an-open-jail.html | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> According to the UN,
<blockquote>During the March 1992 Council presidency of Venezuela, Ambassador Diego Arria was contacted by Fra Joko Zovko, a Croatian priest who was eager to convey an eyewitness account of the violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina to members of the Council. Not being able to find a formal way to hold a meeting, Arria decided to invite Council members to meet with Fra Joko in the UN delegates lounge. This experience gave Arria the idea of institutionalising this innovative informal meeting format which came to be known as the “Arria-formula”. With the concurrence of Council members, subsequent Arria meetings moved from the delegates lounge to a UN conference room in the basement and were supported by simultaneous interpretation. More recently, many Arria meetings have been held in large UN conference rooms such as, for example, the Trusteeship Council chamber.<ref name="February 2020 Monthly Forecast 2019">{{cite web | title=Arria-Formula Meetings : UN Security Council Working Methods : Security Council Report | website=February 2020 Monthly Forecast | date=2019-10-17 | url=https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/un-security-council-working-methods/arria-formula-meetings.php | access-date=2020-02-12}} See also [https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/arria-formula UN Security Council Working Methods Handbook]</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>During the March 1992 Council presidency of Venezuela, Ambassador Diego Arria was contacted by Fra Joko Zovko, a Croatian priest who was eager to convey an eyewitness account of the violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina to members of the Council. Not being able to find a formal way to hold a meeting, Arria decided to invite Council members to meet with Fra Joko in the UN delegates lounge. This experience gave Arria the idea of institutionalising this innovative informal meeting format which came to be known as the “Arria-formula”. With the concurrence of Council members, subsequent Arria meetings moved from the delegates lounge to a UN conference room in the basement and were supported by simultaneous interpretation. More recently, many Arria meetings have been held in large UN conference rooms such as, for example, the Trusteeship Council chamber.<ref name="February 2020 Monthly Forecast 2019">{{cite web | title=Arria-Formula Meetings : UN Security Council Working Methods : Security Council Report | website=February 2020 Monthly Forecast | date=2019-10-17 | url=https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/un-security-council-working-methods/arria-formula-meetings.php | access-date=2020-02-12}} See also [https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/arria-formula UN Security Council Working Methods Handbook]</ref></blockquote>
One Arria formula meeting did gain attention; it was hosted by the Russian UN delegation<ref name="Whats In Blue 2020">{{cite web | title=Arria-formula Meeting on Syria Chemical Weapons : What's In Blue | website=What's In Blue | date=2020-01-20 | url=https://www.whatsinblue.org/2020/01/arria-formula-meeting-on-syria-chemical-weapons.php | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> dealing with [[OPCW]] reporting on the [[Douma chemical attack]] in the [[Syrian Civil War]], which was held at the UNSC on 20 January 2020.<ref name="Pavia York 2020">{{cite web | last=Pavia | first=Will | last2=York | first2=New | title=Russia accused of misinformation over claim Syrian chemical attack was faked - World | website=The Times | date=2020-01-21 | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russia-accused-of-misinformation-over-claim-syrian-chemical-attack-was-faked-870rfbb27 | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> Other Arria formula meetings have been held on Israeli settlements<ref name="Lazaroff 2019">{{cite web | last=Lazaroff | first=Tovah | title=Greenblatt: Biased UNSC ignores Hamas rockets, blasts Israeli settlements | website=The Jerusalem Post &#124; JPost.com | date=2019-05-09 | url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Settlements-under-fire-at-UNSC-in-advance-of-Trump-peace-plan-watch-live-589288 | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> and religious persecution in China and Pakistan.<ref name="Tribuneindia News Service 2019">{{cite web | title=China, Pak targeted at UNSC for persecution of minorities | website=Tribuneindia News Service | date=2019-08-24 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/china-pak-targeted-at-unsc-for-persecution-of-minorities-821917 | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref>
One Arria formula meeting did gain attention; it was hosted by the Russian UN delegation<ref name="Whats In Blue 2020">{{cite web | title=Arria-formula Meeting on Syria Chemical Weapons : What's In Blue | website=What's In Blue | date=2020-01-20 | url=https://www.whatsinblue.org/2020/01/arria-formula-meeting-on-syria-chemical-weapons.php | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> dealing with [[OPCW]] reporting on the [[Douma chemical attack]] in the [[Syrian Civil War]], which was held at the UNSC on 20 January 2020.<ref name="Pavia York 2020">{{cite news | last1=Pavia | first1=Will | last2=York | first2=New | title=Russia accused of misinformation over claim Syrian chemical attack was faked - World | website=The Times | date=2020-01-21 | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russia-accused-of-misinformation-over-claim-syrian-chemical-attack-was-faked-870rfbb27 | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> Other Arria formula meetings have been held on Israeli settlements<ref name="Lazaroff 2019">{{cite web | last=Lazaroff | first=Tovah | title=Greenblatt: Biased UNSC ignores Hamas rockets, blasts Israeli settlements | website=The Jerusalem Post &#124; JPost.com | date=2019-05-09 | url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Settlements-under-fire-at-UNSC-in-advance-of-Trump-peace-plan-watch-live-589288 | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> and religious persecution in China and Pakistan.<ref name="Tribuneindia News Service 2019">{{cite web | title=China, Pak targeted at UNSC for persecution of minorities | website=Tribuneindia News Service | date=2019-08-24 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/china-pak-targeted-at-unsc-for-persecution-of-minorities-821917 | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref>


==Positions held==
==Positions held==
Other positions have included Diplomatic Fellow at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and Visiting Scholar at [[Columbia University]].<ref name=courier/> He is a member of the Board of Directors of the [[Institute of the Americas]]<ref>[[Institute of the Americas]], [http://www.iamericas.org/en/about-ioa/board-of-directors Board of Directors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520060824/http://www.iamericas.org/en/about-ioa/board-of-directors |date=2012-05-20 }}, accessed 20 May 2012</ref> and of [[Freedom Now]],<ref>[[Freedom Now]], [http://www.freedom-now.org/about/board-of-advisors/ Board of Advisors], accessed 20 May 2012</ref> and of the Board of Advisors of [[Inter-American Dialogue]].<ref>[[Inter-American Dialogue]], [http://www.thedialogue.org/latin_america_advisor_newsletters Board of Advisors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318212708/http://www.thedialogue.org/latin_america_advisor_newsletters |date=2012-03-18 }}, accessed 20 May 2012]</ref> He has been a Director at The Columbus Group, and is currently the Chairman of the Advisory Board at Athelera LLC as well as a Member of the Board of Advisors at VMS Associates, LLC.<ref>BusinessWeek.com, [http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=27129079&privcapId=3625811&previousCapId=23712082&previousTitle=Celera%20Partners,%20LLC Diego E. Arria], accessed 20 May 2012</ref>
Other positions have included diplomatic fellow at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and visiting scholar at [[Columbia University]].<ref name=courier/> He is a member of the noard of directors of the [[Institute of the Americas]]<ref>[[Institute of the Americas]], [http://www.iamericas.org/en/about-ioa/board-of-directors Board of Directors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520060824/http://www.iamericas.org/en/about-ioa/board-of-directors|date=2012-05-20}}, accessed 20 May 2012</ref> and of [[Freedom Now]],<ref>[[Freedom Now]], [http://www.freedom-now.org/about/board-of-advisors/ Board of Advisors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615164755/http://www.freedom-now.org/about/board-of-advisors/ |date=2012-06-15 }}, accessed 20 May 2012</ref> and of the Board of Advisors of [[Inter-American Dialogue]].<ref>[[Inter-American Dialogue]], [http://www.thedialogue.org/latin_america_advisor_newsletters Board of Advisors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318212708/http://www.thedialogue.org/latin_america_advisor_newsletters |date=2012-03-18 }}, accessed 20 May 2012]</ref> He has been a Director at The Columbus Group, and is currently the Chairman of the Advisory Board at Athelera LLC as well as a Member of the Board of Advisors at VMS Associates, LLC.<ref>BusinessWeek.com, [http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=27129079&privcapId=3625811&previousCapId=23712082&previousTitle=Celera%20Partners,%20LLC Diego E. Arria]{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, accessed 20 May 2012</ref>


==Opposition to Venezuelan government==
==Opposition to Venezuelan government==
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===Ranch expropriation===
===Ranch expropriation===
[[File:HaciendaLaCarolina.jpg|thumb|right|''La Carolina'' taken by Arria one month before the expropriation, according to him.]]
[[File:HaciendaLaCarolina.jpg|thumb|right|''La Carolina'' taken by Arria one month before the expropriation, according to him.]]
On 30 April 2010, Arria's ranch, "La Carolina" in [[Yaracuy State]], was taken over by the [[Venezuelan government]]. Minister of Agriculture [[Elias Jaua]] "declared that lawyers and historians working for the National Lands Institute (INTI) ha[d] not been able to find continuity of ownership deeds in the national register and therefore the lands are "fallow" and return to the State".<ref>Vheadline.com, 13 May 2010, [http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=91793 It's final: Arria farm declared social property after failure to trace title deeds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194830/http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=91793 |date=2016-03-03 }}</ref> According to government officials, the ranch was unproductive and was a case of idle lands; according to Arria, the farm had 300 cattle and 90% of it was under some form of agricultural development.<ref>{{in lang|es}} ''[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]]'', 2 May 2010, [http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/05/02/eco_ava_prohiben-a-propietar_02A3843051.shtml Prohíben a propietarios ingresar a finca La Carolina]</ref> Becoming aware of the expropriation threat, Arria took photos of the farm and the cattle and posted them on the Internet, including the one used here. ''[[Correo del Orinoco (2009)|Correo del Orinoco]]'', a state-owned newspaper, reported its claims that Arria's declarations about expropriation and looting by the Ministry of Agriculture are "subversive and tend to urge the homicide of Hugo Chávez."<ref>{{in lang|es}} ''[[Correo del Orinoco (2009)|Correo del Orinoco]]'', 10 May 2010, [http://www.correodelorinoco.gob.ve/impacto/declaraciones-diego-arria-son-subversivas-e-instan-al-magnicidio/ Declaraciones de Diego Arria son subversivas e instan al magnicidio]</ref> According to Arria, the expropriation was a reaction to Arria's participation in the [[Oslo Freedom Forum]], where he stated that Chavez will have to face International Justice one day for his "crimes" against the Venezuelan people.<ref>{{in lang|es}}, elnuevodiario.com.do, 11 May 2010, [http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=198546 "Ex embajador de Venezuela dice Chávez le quitó finca por venganza política"]</ref> He has since described the ranch's seizure as "pillaging and ransacking."<ref name="tcs.cam.ac.uk"/>
On 30 April 2010, Arria's ranch, "La Carolina" in [[Yaracuy State]], was taken over by the [[Venezuelan government]]. According to government officials, the ranch was unproductive and was a case of idle lands; according to Arria, the farm had 300 cattle and 90% of it was under some form of agricultural development.<ref>{{in lang|es}} ''[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]]'', 2 May 2010, [http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/05/02/eco_ava_prohiben-a-propietar_02A3843051.shtml Prohíben a propietarios ingresar a finca La Carolina]</ref> Becoming aware of the expropriation threat, Arria took photos of the farm and the cattle and posted them on the Internet, including the one used here. According to Arria, the expropriation was a reaction to Arria's participation in the [[Oslo Freedom Forum]], where he stated that Chavez will have to face international justice one day for his "crimes" against the Venezuelan people.<ref>{{in lang|es}}, elnuevodiario.com.do, 11 May 2010, [http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=198546 "Ex embajador de Venezuela dice Chávez le quitó finca por venganza política"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714230722/http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=198546 |date=2014-07-14 }}</ref> He has since described the ranch's seizure as "pillaging and ransacking."<ref name="tcs.cam.ac.uk"/>


===False accusations===
===False accusations===
Diego Arria and several other opposition figures were the victims of an attempt by the Venezuelan government to accuse them of a fabricated plot. A top Venezuelan government official, [[Jorge Rodríguez (politician)|Jorge Rodriguez]], alleged that he had uncovered emails between the accused that proved their guilt,<ref>{{cite news|title=Burelli difundió correo que "utilizó el Sebin para falsificar prueba"|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/protestas-en-venezuela/140606/burelli-difundio-correo-que-utilizo-el-sebin-para-falsificar-prueba|access-date=14 June 2014|agency=El Universal|date=6 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=JUDICIAL: dictan orden de captura a Burelli, Arria y Koesling|url=http://www.reportero24.com/2014/06/judicial-dictan-orden-de-captura-a-burelli-arria-y-koesling/|access-date=16 June 2014|agency=Reportero 24|date=11 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/protestas-en-venezuela/140528/arria-niega-ser-autor-de-los-correos-por-los-que-se-le-acusa-de-conspi | title=Arria niega ser autor de los correos por los que se le acusa de conspirar | publisher=El Universal | date=28 May 2014 | access-date=16 June 2014}}</ref> resulting in Venezuela's attorney general [[Luisa Ortega Díaz]] subpoenaing Arria as a witness, along with [[María Corina Machado]], Pedro Burelli, and Ricardo Koesling,<ref>{{cite news|last1=de la Rosa|first1=Alicia|title=Fiscalía libró órdenes de comparecencia para Burelli, Machado y Arria|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/140604/fiscalia-libro-ordenes-de-comparecencia-para-burelli-machado-y-arria|access-date=14 June 2014|agency=El Universal|date=4 June 2014}}</ref> and a week later, on June 11, warrants were issued for their arrest.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2014/06/11/1770343/fiscal-general-de-venezuela-ordena.html | title=Ordenan captura de Diego Arria y otros dos opositores venezolanos | work=El Nuevo Herald | date=11 June 2014 | access-date=11 June 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714131903/http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2014/06/11/1770343/fiscal-general-de-venezuela-ordena.html | archive-date=14 July 2014 }}</ref> However, the defendants hired Kivu, a US-based cybersecurity company, with Kivu performing an analysis of the alleged emails covered in the Venezuelan government's report, stating that there was "no evidence of the existence of any emails between Pedro Burelli's Google email accounts and the alleged recipients," that the alleged emails had "many indications of user manipulation," and that "[[SEBIN|Venezuelan officials]] used [[forgery|forged emails]] to accuse government adversaries of plotting to kill President [[Nicolas Maduro]]."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/232153227/Evidence-in-English-Evidencia-en-Castellano | title=Evidence in English {{!}} Evidencia en Castellano | publisher=Scribd | access-date=8 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Expert Says Emails Used to Accuse Maduro Opponents of Assassination Plot Are Fake|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/expert-says-emails-used-to-accuse-maduro-opponents-of-assassination-plot-are-fake-1404171138|access-date=1 July 2014|agency=The Wall Street Journal|date=30 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=CNNfalsification>{{cite news|title=Pedro Burelli presenta pruebas forenses de la presunta falsificación de correos|url=http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2014/07/01/pedro-burelli-presenta-pruebas-forenses-de-la-presunta-falsificacion-de-correos/|access-date=3 July 2014|agency=CNN|date=1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Venezuela accused of forging Maduro assassination plot evidence|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/07/02/uk-venezuela-plot-idUKKBN0F72GT20140702|access-date=7 September 2014|agency=Reuters|date=2 July 2014}}</ref>
Diego Arria and several other opposition figures were the victims of an attempt by the Venezuelan government to accuse them of a fabricated plot. A top Venezuelan government official, [[Jorge Rodríguez (Venezuelan politician)|Jorge Rodriguez]], alleged that he had uncovered emails between the accused that proved their guilt,<ref>{{cite news|title=Burelli difundió correo que "utilizó el Sebin para falsificar prueba"|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/protestas-en-venezuela/140606/burelli-difundio-correo-que-utilizo-el-sebin-para-falsificar-prueba|access-date=14 June 2014|agency=El Universal|date=6 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=JUDICIAL: dictan orden de captura a Burelli, Arria y Koesling|url=http://www.reportero24.com/2014/06/judicial-dictan-orden-de-captura-a-burelli-arria-y-koesling/|access-date=16 June 2014|agency=Reportero 24|date=11 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/protestas-en-venezuela/140528/arria-niega-ser-autor-de-los-correos-por-los-que-se-le-acusa-de-conspi | title=Arria niega ser autor de los correos por los que se le acusa de conspirar | publisher=El Universal | date=28 May 2014 | access-date=16 June 2014}}</ref> resulting in Venezuela's attorney general [[Luisa Ortega Díaz]] subpoenaing Arria as a witness, along with [[María Corina Machado]], Pedro Burelli, and Ricardo Koesling,<ref>{{cite news|last1=de la Rosa|first1=Alicia|title=Fiscalía libró órdenes de comparecencia para Burelli, Machado y Arria|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/140604/fiscalia-libro-ordenes-de-comparecencia-para-burelli-machado-y-arria|access-date=14 June 2014|agency=El Universal|date=4 June 2014}}</ref> and a week later, on June 11, warrants were issued for their arrest.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2014/06/11/1770343/fiscal-general-de-venezuela-ordena.html | title=Ordenan captura de Diego Arria y otros dos opositores venezolanos | work=El Nuevo Herald | date=11 June 2014 | access-date=11 June 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714131903/http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2014/06/11/1770343/fiscal-general-de-venezuela-ordena.html | archive-date=14 July 2014 }}</ref> However, the defendants hired Kivu, a US-based cybersecurity company, with Kivu performing an analysis of the alleged emails covered in the Venezuelan government's report, stating that there was "no evidence of the existence of any emails between Pedro Burelli's Google email accounts and the alleged recipients," that the alleged emails had "many indications of user manipulation," and that "[[SEBIN|Venezuelan officials]] used [[forgery|forged emails]] to accuse government adversaries of plotting to kill President [[Nicolas Maduro]]."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/232153227/Evidence-in-English-Evidencia-en-Castellano | title=Evidence in English {{!}} Evidencia en Castellano | publisher=Scribd | access-date=8 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Expert Says Emails Used to Accuse Maduro Opponents of Assassination Plot Are Fake|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/expert-says-emails-used-to-accuse-maduro-opponents-of-assassination-plot-are-fake-1404171138|access-date=1 July 2014|agency=The Wall Street Journal|date=30 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=CNNfalsification>{{cite news|title=Pedro Burelli presenta pruebas forenses de la presunta falsificación de correos|url=http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2014/07/01/pedro-burelli-presenta-pruebas-forenses-de-la-presunta-falsificacion-de-correos/|access-date=3 July 2014|agency=CNN|date=1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Venezuela accused of forging Maduro assassination plot evidence|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-venezuela-plot-idUKKBN0F72GT20140702|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305082647/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-venezuela-plot-idUKKBN0F72GT20140702|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2016|access-date=7 September 2014|work=Reuters|date=2 July 2014}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
Arria portrays Venezuelan foreign minister {{ill|Ignacio Iribarren Borges|es}} in the 2008 film ''[[Che (2008 film)|Che]].''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-24 |title=Diego Arria en la película "Che" con Benicio del Toro |url=http://www.diegoarria.com/Articulos/diego-arria-en-la-pel%C3%ADcula-che-con-benicio-del-toro |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Diego Arria |language=es}}</ref>


==References==
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arria and the second or maternal family name is Salicetti.
Diego Arria
President of the United Nations Security Council
In office
1 March 1992 – 31 March 1992
Permanent Representative of Venezuela in the United Nations
In office
11 March 1991 – August 1993
PresidentCarlos Andrés Pérez
Succeeded byAdolfo Raul Taylhardat
Minister of Information and Tourism
In office
February 1977[1] – 17 March 1978[1]
PresidentCarlos Andrés Pérez
Succeeded byCelestino Armas
Governor of Caracas, Capital District
In office
15 March 1974[2] – February 1977[3]
PresidentCarlos Andrés Pérez
Preceded byGuillermo Alvarez Bajarez[4]
Succeeded byManuel Montilla Caceres[4]
President of the Corporación Nacional de Hotelería y Turismo (CONAHOTU)
In office
12 March 1969 – 2 February 1974
PresidentRafael Caldera
Personal details
Born (1938-10-08) 8 October 1938 (age 86)
Caracas, Venezuela
Nationality Venezuela
RelationsDivorced 2012
Alma materUniversity of Michigan

Diego Enrique Arria Salicetti (born 8 October 1938 in Caracas, Venezuela),[5] is a Venezuelan politician and diplomat who served as Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1991–1993) and President of the Security Council (March 1992).

He was governor of the Federal District of Caracas in the mid-1970s. Other positions have included diplomatic fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and visiting scholar at Columbia University.[6] Arria is a critic of former President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez,[7] and denounced him at the International Criminal Court at The Hague for crimes against humanity. Chávez died before the court could judge his case.

Background

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Arria was schooled partly in Caracas and partly at the Augusta Military Academy at Fort Defiance, Virginia. He obtained a degree in economics and political science from the University of Michigan.[8] Arria worked for the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C., until he returned to Venezuela in 1969, initially as Director of Tourism in Rafael Caldera's Ministry of Development, and later as president of the CONAHOTU (National Corporation of Hotels and Tourism),[9] and president of Venezuelan Tourism Corporation.

Political career

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Arria resigned as head of the Venezuela Tourism Corporation to create the political movement Causa Común (Common Cause) that later supported the presidential candidacy of Carlos Andrés Pérez. In 1973, Arria was elected member of the National Congress, representing the state of Miranda. Shortly after Carlos Andrés was elected in March 1974, he appointed Arria Governor of the Federal District (Caracas),[2] at a time when this was one of the most important presidential appointments.[10] In September 1974, he went to Chile to negotiate with President Pinochet for the release of his friend Orlando Letelier, who later became a colleague at the Inter American Development Bank in D.C. Pinochet ordered the release of Letelier, who was told by the officer in charge that "the arm of DINA is long; General Pinochet will not and does not tolerate activities against his government." This was a clear warning to Letelier that living in exile in Venezuela and United States would not guarantee his safety. In fact, not long after in 1976, Letelier was murdered in a car bomb attack in Washington D.C on Pinochet's order.[11] Arria intervened again by bringing Letelier's body to Caracas for burial, where it remained until the end of Pinochet's rule. He subsequently moved from the governorship to become Minister of Information and Tourism in February 1977.[1][3][12] He resigned on 17 March 1978 in order to stand as an independent candidate in the 1978 Venezuelan presidential election.[1] As part of his campaign, he published two books: "Primero La Gente" ("The People First") and "Dedicación a una Causa" ("Dedication to a Cause").

In 2012, Arria stood as an independent candidate for the presidential nomination of the Coalition for Democratic Unity for the 2012 Venezuelan presidential election. Primary elections were held on 12 February 2012, with Henrique Capriles Radonski winning the nomination.

United Nations

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Arria was Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1991 to 1993,[13][14] and President of the Security Council (March 1992),[15] during Venezuela's membership of the Security Council. Arria later became Special Advisor to Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN.[6]

Arria (formula) meetings

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As UNSC president, he initiated the eponymous 'Arria formula'[16] a very informal consultation process which affords members of the Security Council the opportunity to hear persons in a confidential, informal setting. These meetings are presided over by a member of the Council who acts as a facilitator for the discussion rather than the President of the council. Arria has described this formula as a way of ensuring that members 'have to be honest'.[17] He was chairman during the massacres at Srebrenica. After visiting the enclave, he warned of its impending doom and predicted that a massacre would take place, saying it was "slow motion Genocide" and describing the besieged enclave as "a concentration camp policed by UNPROFOR".[18] According to the UN,

During the March 1992 Council presidency of Venezuela, Ambassador Diego Arria was contacted by Fra Joko Zovko, a Croatian priest who was eager to convey an eyewitness account of the violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina to members of the Council. Not being able to find a formal way to hold a meeting, Arria decided to invite Council members to meet with Fra Joko in the UN delegates lounge. This experience gave Arria the idea of institutionalising this innovative informal meeting format which came to be known as the “Arria-formula”. With the concurrence of Council members, subsequent Arria meetings moved from the delegates lounge to a UN conference room in the basement and were supported by simultaneous interpretation. More recently, many Arria meetings have been held in large UN conference rooms such as, for example, the Trusteeship Council chamber.[19]

One Arria formula meeting did gain attention; it was hosted by the Russian UN delegation[20] dealing with OPCW reporting on the Douma chemical attack in the Syrian Civil War, which was held at the UNSC on 20 January 2020.[21] Other Arria formula meetings have been held on Israeli settlements[22] and religious persecution in China and Pakistan.[23]

Positions held

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Other positions have included diplomatic fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and visiting scholar at Columbia University.[6] He is a member of the noard of directors of the Institute of the Americas[24] and of Freedom Now,[25] and of the Board of Advisors of Inter-American Dialogue.[26] He has been a Director at The Columbus Group, and is currently the Chairman of the Advisory Board at Athelera LLC as well as a Member of the Board of Advisors at VMS Associates, LLC.[27]

Opposition to Venezuelan government

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In November 2011, Arria filed charges for crimes against humanity against Chávez at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.[7]

Ranch expropriation

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La Carolina taken by Arria one month before the expropriation, according to him.

On 30 April 2010, Arria's ranch, "La Carolina" in Yaracuy State, was taken over by the Venezuelan government. According to government officials, the ranch was unproductive and was a case of idle lands; according to Arria, the farm had 300 cattle and 90% of it was under some form of agricultural development.[28] Becoming aware of the expropriation threat, Arria took photos of the farm and the cattle and posted them on the Internet, including the one used here. According to Arria, the expropriation was a reaction to Arria's participation in the Oslo Freedom Forum, where he stated that Chavez will have to face international justice one day for his "crimes" against the Venezuelan people.[29] He has since described the ranch's seizure as "pillaging and ransacking."[17]

False accusations

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Diego Arria and several other opposition figures were the victims of an attempt by the Venezuelan government to accuse them of a fabricated plot. A top Venezuelan government official, Jorge Rodriguez, alleged that he had uncovered emails between the accused that proved their guilt,[30][31][32] resulting in Venezuela's attorney general Luisa Ortega Díaz subpoenaing Arria as a witness, along with María Corina Machado, Pedro Burelli, and Ricardo Koesling,[33] and a week later, on June 11, warrants were issued for their arrest.[34] However, the defendants hired Kivu, a US-based cybersecurity company, with Kivu performing an analysis of the alleged emails covered in the Venezuelan government's report, stating that there was "no evidence of the existence of any emails between Pedro Burelli's Google email accounts and the alleged recipients," that the alleged emails had "many indications of user manipulation," and that "Venezuelan officials used forged emails to accuse government adversaries of plotting to kill President Nicolas Maduro."[35][36][37][38]

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Arria portrays Venezuelan foreign minister Ignacio Iribarren Borges [es] in the 2008 film Che.[39]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Latin America political report, Volume 12, Latin American Newsletters Ltd., 1978, p89
  2. ^ a b Latin America 1974, Facts on File, p164
  3. ^ a b Howard Rae Penniman (1980), Venezuela at the polls: the National elections of 1978, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, p159
  4. ^ a b David J. Myers, Henry A. Dietz (2002), Capital city politics in Latin America: democratization and empowerment, Lynne Rienner Publishers, p113
  5. ^ el-nacional.com, Diego Arria Archived 2012-05-20 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 20 May 2012
  6. ^ a b c "The European Courier | Diego Arria". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  7. ^ a b "Diego Arria files complaint against President Chávez at The Hague". El Universal. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  8. ^ (in Spanish) noticias24.com, 11 February 2012, Perfil de Diego Arria: Un hombre con amplia experiencia y una propuesta radical Archived 2013-01-30 at archive.today
  9. ^ Judith Ewell (1984), Venezuela: A Century of Change, C. Hurst & Co, p178
  10. ^ "the tasks given to federal district governors between 1945 and the 1970s, and the kinds of individuals appointed to this office, suggest that a president viewed naming the federal district governor to be one of his three or four most important appointments." - Steve Ellner, David J. Myers, "Caracas: incomplete Empowerment amid Geographical Feudalism", p103, in David J. Myers, Henry A. Dietz (2002), Capital city politics in Latin America: democratization and empowerment, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2014-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Carr Center for Human Rights Policy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  13. ^ "Diego Arria". Archived from the original on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  14. ^ adolfotaylhardat.net, Adolfo Raul Taylhardat - Curriculum Vitae Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ United Nations, Presidents of the Security Council : 1990-1999 Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ http://dspace.cigilibrary.org/jspui/bitstream/123456789/18545/1/The%20Arria%20Formula.pdf?1[permanent dead link‍]
  17. ^ a b "Interview: UN Security Council President - Diego Arria | International | the Cambridge Student". Archived from the original on 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
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  19. ^ "Arria-Formula Meetings : UN Security Council Working Methods : Security Council Report". February 2020 Monthly Forecast. 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2020-02-12. See also UN Security Council Working Methods Handbook
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