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Syria after the meeting was vetoed by four security council members. As a result of this, an Arria meeting was organised on the spot led by France, the United States, the United
Kingdom, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Peru, and the High Commissioner of the Human Rights Council was invited to share his briefing in regards to the situation in Syria. The forum of the Arria formula meeting enabled the Security Council to come together and be briefed on the violations of human rights that have taken across Syria, including the targeting of civilians.
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conflict, including peace building and conflict prevention, recognising that the leadership of women is undervalued. As a result of this Arria meeting, the
Security Council held an open session, in which more than 40 speakers addressed the issues of peace, women and security. The Security Council then passed Resolution 1325 on the 31st of October 2000 which reaffirmed the significance of women in the resolution and prevention of conflicts, and the importance of the equal participation of women for the promotion and maintenance of peace.
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Council's Commission of Inquiry on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The forum of the Arria formula meeting was utilised in this occasion to provide an opportunity for discussion to take place in regards to the human rights situation faced by those in the Republic of Korea and facilitate dialogue about how the UN can implement recommendations from the commission.
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create an informal meeting with members of the security council rather than encourage bilateral meetings with major powers because "in an informal consultation in front of other countries, they have to be honest". This is in contrast to bilateral meetings in which he said that "each country could tell whatever was pleasant".
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Ambassador Diego Arria created the Arria formula meeting to allow for informal consultation to take place so actors could engage in consultation with members of the UNSC in order for UNSC members to be accountable and honest in their consultations with non-member actors. Ambassador Arria preferred to
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Yugoslavia. As the structure of the UNSC meetings would not allow for the testimony to be heard during a security council meeting, and there was no formal way to hold a meeting between the UNSC and Fra Joko Zorko, Ambassador Diego Arria invited council members to meet outside the
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October 23, 2000, women from Sierra Leone, Guatemala, Somalia, Tanzania and intergovernmental organisations were invited to an Arria formula meeting revealing gender-specific conditions and the acts that women experience during war. This meeting addressed the leadership which women demonstrate in
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Security Council members still have a forum accessible to them in situations where formal UNSC meetings are not able to take place. In March 2018, the Security Council failed to hold a public meeting on the situation in
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The Arria meeting on women, peace, and security was also particularly significant because although in the past the UNSC had condemned atrocities against women and their suffering in armed conflict, women's issues had not been consistently integrated in the
Council's activities, nor had the Security
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Arria formula meetings were first created to enable dialogue to take place between members and non-members of the UNSC, in a way that would allow member states to be frank in a private setting. The Arria formula allows member states to directly discuss issues which fall within the responsibility of
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All Arria formula meetings are announced by the president of the UNSC at the beginning of each month, as a part of the regular schedule of the
Council. All meetings are also provided with full interpretation by the Secretariat, and meetings of the UNSC are not held at the same time as Arria formula
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wanted to continue restricted use of the Arria formula meetings in preference of hearing only from high representatives and the head of states. With a lack of support from permanent council members, briefings to hear non-governmental organisations and non-official voices was opposed. In response to
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Arria formula meetings are presided over by a member of the UNSC, who acts as a facilitator of discussion, rather than the
President of the Security Council. Sometimes, the meetings are also held in collaboration with states not on the council who think it would be beneficial to hear from specific
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which states that "the
Security Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure." This provides the UNSC with the power and discretion to establish the Arria formula meetings outside of typical UNSC structure. Article 30 of the UN charter also authorises Arria formula meetings to function with an
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held an Arria formula meeting with the Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry on Syria. This meetings inclusion of the Human Right Council enabled a focus on accountability and the impact of human rights violations on civilians as well as a humanitarian assessment to take place. In 2014,
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Arria formula meetings have been held every year since the meetings conception in 1992, the meetings held whenever a UNSC council member wishes to use the forum. The flexibility of the meeting means that there is no regular schedule of Arria formula meetings, and as such the frequency of Arria
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meetings. This means that while regular meetings of the Security Council require the presence of all 15 members of the council, follow a formal structure, and do not hear testimonies from non-members, individuals or non-governmental organisations, Arria formula meetings allow individuals,
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the council to encourage peace and cooperation. As the forum developed, Arria formula meetings have expanded to include interaction with Human Rights Council Commissions of Inquiry, individuals, non-governmental organisations and institutions.
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been known to take place each month. Holding an Arria formula meeting does not require the consensus of all 15 members of the Security Council, thus allowing the council member who convened the meeting flexibility and discretion.
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organisations, non-state actors and high delegations (from member states of the UN not represented on the Security Council) to engage in direct dialogue with UNSC members in a legitimate and confidential setting.
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to give a briefing at an Arria formula meeting. Due to the dispute between Council members, the meeting with Sané was called an 'ad hoc' event instead of being given the status of an Arria formula meeting.
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