Diego Arria

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Diego Arria Salicetti is a Venezuelan politician, diplomat, former ambassador to the United Nations and chairman of the Security Council (1992-93).[1] He initiated the eponymous 'Arria formula' 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 as service facilitator for the discussion and not by the President of the Council.. He was chairman during the massacres at Srebrenica. After visiting the enclave he warned of its impending doom and predicted the masacres saying it was "slow motion Genocide"and the besieged enclave itself as "a concentration camp policed by UNPROFOR"[2].

He first came to prominence in the first government of the Dr Rafael Caldera (1969-1974) he was president of the CONAHOTU (National Corporation of Hotels and Tourism) for most of the presidential term. He then resigned to support the successful presidential candidacy of Carlos Andrés Perez (CAP) in 1973. Initially he became Governor of the Federal District (Caracas)[3] then in 1977 he was made Minister of Information and Tourism[4]. In 1978 Stood as an independent Presidential candidate and came 4th with 1.7% of the votes.[5] . Later he became an advisor to Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN. He stood against the Chavista government of Hugo Chávez.[6]

In the middle of 1976 when he was Governor of the Federal District he went to Chile and asked President Pinochet to release to him his friend Orlando Letelier; which Pinochet did.[7]


Married to Maria Eugenia Maury, they have twin daughters together, each has a child from a previous marriage. [8]

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  1. ^ Presidents (1990-1999) : Security Council (SC) : United Nations (UN)
  2. ^ The Biggest Cover-Up in UN History - International Justice - Global Policy Forum
  3. ^ Primer Plano: Information and Much More from Answers.com
  4. ^ www.aporrea.org/oposicion/n85683.html
  5. ^ http://perspective.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/servlet/BMElection%3FcodePays%3DVEN%26dateElection%3DVEN1978123%26codeInstitution%3D
  6. ^ new cuba coalition
  7. ^ www.ideaspublicas.org/2006/09/28/carta-a-los-chilenos/
  8. ^ Datos Genealógicos Página 120 (Páginas de Descendientes)

It is a false claim that Diego Arria was convicted for corruption The facts: in order to prosecute a senior official the Supreme Court of Justice has to allow it.They did and the trial for alleged act of corruption was held by the regular tribunals who never found him guilty of the alleged accusation-motivated by political considerations