His Excellency Mr. Inocencio F. Arias
Ambassador
Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations
Ambassador Inocencio F. Arias is Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations in New York. Previously, he served as State Secretary for International Cooperation (Deputy Minister) and for Iberoamerican Affairs (1991-93) and as Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1988-91).
In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Inocencio F. Arias was Director of the Diplomatic Information Office and spokesman of the Department (1980 - 82 / 1985-88 / 1996-97). During his diplomatic career, he served in Bolivia, Algeria and Portugal.
Regarding his experience in the private sector, Mr. Inocencio Arias was General Director of the Soccer Club "Real Madrid" (1993 / 95). He also has experienced the academic field, having been professor of International Relations at the University Complutense and at the University Carlos III, both in Madrid. Mr. Inocencio Arias is the author of several publications, papers and contributions, among others, on political issues and international relations.
He has actively participated in numerous international conferences: the Earth Summit (Rio de Janeiro 1992); European Councils (1986, 87, 88, 96); NATO summit (Madrid, 1997); Middle East Summit (Madrid 1991) and Movement of Non-Aligned Countries Summit (Jakarta 1992); Iberoamerican Summits (Mexico 1991, Madrid 1992, Bahia 1993, Santiago, Chile 1996).
He has been a member of the Spanish Delegation to the 36th, 37th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, and 51st sessions of the General Assembly. Mr. Inocencio F. Arias was born in Albox (Spain) on April 20, 1940. He holds a degree in Law and joined the diplomatic service in 1967.
He is married and has three children.
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