The "Arria-formula meetings" are very informal, confidential gatherings which enable Security Council members to have a frank and private exchange of views, within a flexible procedural framework, with persons whom the inviting member or members of the Council (who also act as the facilitators or convenors) believe it would be beneficial to hear and/or to whom they may wish to convey a message. They provide interested Council members an opportunity to engage in a direct dialogue with high representatives of Governments and international organizations — often at the latter's request — as well as non-State parties, on matters with which they are concerned and which fall within the purview of responsibility of the Security Council. (Extract from the Working Method Handbook) Related Sites and Documents: Background Note on the "Arria-Formula" Meetings of the Security Council Members UN Security Council Arria-formula meeting "The armed forces' of Ukraine m...
