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The United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) is a department of the
Secretariat
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of the
United Nations
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(UN) with responsibility for monitoring and assessing global political developments and advising and assisting the
UN Secretary General
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and his envoys in the peaceful prevention and resolution of conflict around the world. The department manages field-based political missions in Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East, and has been increasing its professional capacities in conflict mediation and preventive diplomacy. DPPA also oversees UN electoral assistance to Member States of the organization. Established in 1992, the department's responsibilities also include providing secretariat support to the
UN Security Council
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and two standing committees created by the General Assembly concerning the Rights of the Palestinian People and Decolonization. DPPA is based at the
UN Headquarters
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in New York City.
Staffing
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Rosemary DiCarlo
Rosemary Anne DiCarlo (born 1947) is an American diplomat who has served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs since May 2018. She previously served as acting United States Ambassador to the United Na ...
– Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
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Oscar Fernandez-Taranco Oscar Fernandez-Taranco (born 1957) is an Argentinian economist who has been serving as the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Development Coordination under the leadership of Secretary General António Guterres since 2022.
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– Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support
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Bintou Keita
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Early life ...
– Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, DRC lead
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Miroslav Jenča – Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas
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Mohamed Khaled Khiari – Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific
On 28 March 2018,
UN Secretary-General
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António Guterres
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announced the appointment of
Rosemary DiCarlo
Rosemary Anne DiCarlo (born 1947) is an American diplomat who has served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs since May 2018. She previously served as acting United States Ambassador to the United Na ...
of the
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, President of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and Senior Fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs,
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, as Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs. Ms. DiCarlo succeeded
Jeffrey D. Feltman
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of the United States, who completed his assignment on 31 March 2018.
Former Under-Secretaries-General
This table lists the former
Under-Secretaries-General (USGs) who served:
* under the ''Department of Political and Security Council Affairs'' (1952–1992)
* under the ''Department of Political Affairs'' (1992–2019)
* under the ''Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs'' (2019''–'')
Field missions
As of December 2016, the DPA manages the following political missions and peace-building support offices engaged in conflict prevention, peacemaking and post-conflict peacebuilding in Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East:
In Africa:
*UNIOGBIS,
United Nations Integrated Peace-building Support Office in Guinea-Bissau
*UNOCA,
United Nations Office for Central Africa
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*UNOWAS,
United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel
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*UNSMIL,
United Nations Support Mission in Libya
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*UNSOM,
United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia
United may refer to:
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* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
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In Asia:
*UNAMA,
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
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UNAMA was established on 28 March 2002 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1401.
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*UNRCCA,
United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia
In the Middle East:
*UNAMI,
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
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*UNSCO,
*UNSCOL,
Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon The Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon is the political office of the United Nations that organizes the work of the UN in Lebanon. The Special Coordinator for Lebanon is the Secretary-General's representative to the Lebane ...
In South America:
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The United Nations Mission in Colombia
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These DPA-led field operations are headed by senior representatives of the Secretary-General and provide a forward platform for preventive diplomacy and other activities across a range of disciplines, to help prevent and resolve conflict or to build lasting peace in nations emerging from civil wars. The peace-building offices, currently active in Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, the Central African Republic and Sierra Leone aim to help nations consolidate peace through comprehensive peace-building strategies developed and carried out in coordination with national actors and U.N. development and humanitarian entities on the ground.
Political missions are part of a continuum of UN peace operations working in different stages of the conflict cycle. In some instances, following the signing of peace agreements, political missions overseen by the Department of Political Affairs during the stage of peace negotiations have been replaced by peacekeeping missions. In other instances, U.N. peacekeeping operations have given way to special political missions overseeing longer-term peace-building activities.
Good Offices missions
In addition to the field-based missions currently under its supervision, DPA provides guidance and support to traveling envoys and special advisers of the Secretary-General bringing to bear his “good offices” for the resolution of conflicts or the implementation of other UN mandates. These currently include UN envoys or special advisers for Cyprus, Yemen, Syria, Western Sahara, and the Macedonian-Greek naming dispute.
Investigative Mandates and Fact-Finding Missions
DPA has also assisted in establishing and providing support to various UN investigative and fact-finding bodies. These have included: the
International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG); the United Nations Commission of Inquiry into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan; the International Commission of Inquiry on the 28 September 2009 events in Guinea; and the United Nations International Investigation Commission in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
See also
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United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
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United Nations Secretariat
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Notes
External links
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the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (1992-present)at the United Nations Archives
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the United Nations Office for Special Political Affairs (1955-1991)at the United Nations Archives
E-Newsletter of the United Nations Department of Political AffairsPrint Newsletter of the United Nations Department of Political AffairsUN Department of Political AffairsMap: UN Political and Peacebuilding MissionsUN Department of Political Affairs: Senior OfficialsUN Peacemaker website for peacemaking professionals
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