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DPA: Evaluation of the Office of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs
Overview
The Department of Political Affairs is the lead United Nations department responsible for maintaining peace and security by assisting Member States and other international, regional and subregional organizations to prevent and resolve potentially violent disputes and conflict. The Department was last evaluated by the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) from 2006 to 2008. Since then, the Department has evolved from a largely desk-based department into a more fieldfocused operation, reorienting its activities to support field-based conflict prevention and resolution work.
Conflict prevention and resolution work is undertaken mainly through special political missions, which have increased in number since 2008, as well as through United Nations country teams in non-mission settings. From Headquarters, the Department supports these entities through liaison with Member States, United Nations entities and others to broadly foster an enabling environment for the field entities to succeed. At the field level, the Department’s support ranges from general assistance (e.g., policy guidance and administrative assistance) to specialized expertise (e.g., electoral assistance and mediation), aimed at strengthening the capacity of the field entities to achieve their conflict prevention and resolution mandates.
Report Details
| Year Published | |
| Type | |
| Theme/s | |
| Joint | No |
| Partner/s | N/A |
| SDG/s | |
| Focal Point Email | ied@un.org |
| Managed by Independent Evaluation Office | Yes |
| Geographic Scope | Global |
| Country/ies |
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