{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["peru-439955aed51c47"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/alfonso-arias-schreiber-b1e43c1357/","countrySlug":"peru","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/alfonso-arias-schreiber-b1e43c1357/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Alfonso Arias-Schreiber Pezet entered the foreign ministry in 1946 while pursuing studies that culminated in law at San Marcos. Born in Lima in 1926, he served in embassies across the Americas and Europe and as consul-general in Hong Kong and Barcelona. His work in Lima included international organizations, boundaries, and maritime sovereignty. Promoted to ambassador in 1969, he represented Peru at the UN in Geneva and later in the United States and France.","The law of the sea was central to his career. He led Peru’s delegation at most sessions of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea. In a recorded discussion with Henry Kissinger, he defended coastal states’ rights in the proposed economic zone while accepting that military uses were not categorically excluded. He distinguished resource jurisdiction from territorial sovereignty, a central question for the conference.","During his Washington ambassadorship, Arias-Schreiber accompanied Foreign Minister Carlos García-Bedoya to talks with Cyrus Vance in September 1979. The meeting addressed Nicaragua, Panama Canal tolls, and Peru’s political transition; Vance also announced the lifting of the American tuna embargo. After retirement from regular service in 1991, Arias-Schreiber continued advising on fisheries development and international law. He led Peru’s delegation in the Brasilia talks with Ecuador until resigning in July 1997."],"id":"peru:alfonso arias schreiber","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-b1e43c1357b25f1e77c0.html","name":"Alfonso Arias Schreiber","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["arias-cv"],["arias-cv","sea-negotiations"],["vance-1979","arias-cv"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-b1e43c1357b25f1e77c0.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[{"certainty":"documented","name":"Carlos García-Bedoya Zapata","note":"Arias-Schreiber accompanied Foreign Minister García-Bedoya to the Vance meeting of 24 September 1979.","profileUrl":"diplomat-00f2b0bdc7e145d7adfc.html","sourceIds":["vance-1979"],"targetId":"peru:carlos garcia-bedoya zapata","type":"worked_with"}],"relationships":[{"certainty":"documented","note":"Arias-Schreiber accompanied Foreign Minister García-Bedoya to the Vance meeting of 24 September 1979.","sourceIds":["vance-1979"],"targetId":"peru:carlos garcia-bedoya zapata","type":"worked_with"}],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"dc550c897e30eec6","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"","id":"arias-cv","locator":"printed pp. 29–30","publisher":"Archivo Histórico de Marina del Perú","title":"La Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar de 1982: curriculum de Alfonso Arias-Schreiber","type":"institutional-history","url":"https://archivohistoricodemarina.mil.pe/repo/data/DOCUMENTOS/BIBLIOTECA/LIBROS%20Y%20MISCELANEOS/LIBROS/pdf/La%20Convencion%20de%20las%20Naciones%20Unidas%20sobre%20el%20Derecho%20del%20Mar%20de%201982.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"","id":"sea-negotiations","locator":"FRUS 1969–1976, E–3, document 42","publisher":"US Department of State","title":"Meeting on law of the sea","type":"primary-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve03/d42"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1979-09-29","id":"vance-1979","locator":"FRUS 1977–1980, XXIV, document 312","publisher":"US Department of State","title":"Telegram: Vance meeting with Peruvian Foreign Minister Garcia-Bedoya, September 24","type":"primary-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v24/d312"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"","id":"mission-7c6732d6b6a8cca83a5b","locator":"Indexed full text retrieved. Records Ramos as chargé ad interim on 28 February 1975 and Arce’s appointment on 19 March; Rivero as chargé ad interim on 26 December 1982 and Pastor’s appointment on 3 June 1983. These bound the interim-event notes; appointment is not treated as a verified handover day. Also confirms Berckemeyer’s ambassador role. Direct archive opens returned technical difficulties.","publisher":"","title":"Diplomatic Representation for the Republic of Peru","type":"Mission record","url":"https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/94363.htm"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"","id":"mission-67d8adec56bac71643b9","locator":"","publisher":"","title":"Alfonso Arias Schreiber — mission record (1979–1980)","type":"Mission record","url":"https://www.peruembassy.site/past-ambassadors"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"","id":"mission-76552d332844caba2c40","locator":"The documentary record reproduces Arias Schreiber’s 27 August 1980 statement to the Law of the Sea conference.","publisher":"","title":"Maritime dispute, Peru v. 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