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Uniteds
Nations Department of Economic and Social
Affairs (DESA): Within the United
Nations Secretariat, the Department of Economic
and Social Affairs (DESA) promotes international
cooperation for development to improve the
lives of people everywhere, by pursuing the
key objectives of poverty eradication, sustained
economic growth and sustainable development.
The following divisions of DESA provide rich
and useful online information on Africa:
Statistics
Division
The Statistics Division provides unrestricted free data
access on the Millennium
Indicators that include the classification on Northern
Africa and sub-Saharan Africa for the years around 1990
and 2000.
Population Division
The Population Division is responsible
for monitoring and evaluating the broad range
of areas in the field of population. Under
the auspices of the division, the Population
Information Network, POPIN,
serves as a useful guide to access population
information, including those on the African continent,
from UN system web sites. The Division organized
a workshop
on HIV/AIDS and Adult Mortality in Developing
Countries on 8-13 September 2003.
Division
for Public Administration and Development
Management (DP
DPADM executes and manages the United
Nations Online Network in Public Administration
and Finance, or UNPAN in close partnership
with a group of international, regional and sub-regional
institutions devoted to public administration
and finance, including those in Africa. UNPAN
promotes the sharing of knowledge, experiences
and best practices throughout the world in sound
public policies, effective public administration
and efficient civil services, through capacity-building
and cooperation among the United Nations Member
States, with emphasis on south-south cooperation
and UNPAN's commitment to integrity and excellence.
Division
for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
DAW promotes women as equal participants
and beneficiaries of sustainable development,
peace and security, governance and human rights.
As part of its mandate, it strives to stimulate
the mainstreaming of gender perspectives both
within and outside the United Nations system. Among
its many other publications,
one study of great relevance to the conflict
situations in Africa is Women, Peace and Security.
Division
for ECOSOC Support and Coordination (DESC)
DESC, through its ECOSOC and Interorganizational
Cooperation Branch, coordinates the substantive
servicing of the recently established Ad Hoc
Advisory Group(s) on African countries emerging
from conflict.
Division
for Sustainable Development (DSD)
The Division for Sustainable Development
serves as the substantive secretariat responsible
for servicing the Commission
on Sustainable Development; for follow-up
of the implementation of Agenda
21 as well as the Plan
of Implementation (POI) of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development.
Development
Policy and Planning Office (DPPO)
DPPO has the three core functions of
(i) formulation of advice for development policy
(including serving as substantive secretariat
for the Committee on Development Planning) and
preparation of major cross-sectoral departmental
reports; (ii) intra-Department policy coordination
and interface; and (iii) external policy interface.
Financing
for Development Office (FfD)
The objective of the Financing for
Development Office is to provide effective secretariat
support for sustained follow-up within the United
Nations system to the agreements and commitments
reached at the International Conference on Financing
for Development, as contained in the Monterrey
Consensus, as well as financing for development-related
aspects of the outcomes of major United Nations
conferences and summits in the economic and social
fields, including the development goals set out
in the United
Nations Millennium Declaration.
United
Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
(DPKO): DPKO's
mission is to plan, prepare, manage and direct
UN peacekeeping operations, so that they can
effectively fulfil their mandates under the
overall authority of the Security Council and
General Assembly, and under the command vested
in the Secretary-General.DPKO provides political
and executive direction to UN peacekeeping
operations, and maintains contact with the
Security Council, troop and financial contributors,
and parties to the conflict in the implementation
of Security Council mandates. The current peacekeeping
operations are as follows:
United
Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA): The
primary responsibility within the UN for conflict prevention, peace-building and peacemaking rests
with DPA. It provides advice and support on
all political matters to the
Secretary-General in the exercise of his global
responsibilities under the UN Charter relating
to the maintenance of peace and security. The Secretary-General,
through his special
representatives and special envoys is actively
engaged in implementing political mandates in a
number of countries.
Office
of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
for Children and Armed Conflict:
Since the World Summit for Children in 1990,
the United Nations has increasingly sought
to draw international attention to the horrendous
plight of children affected by armed conflict,
prompting its release of the report "Impact
of armed conflict on children" (A/51/306 and
Add.1) during the fifty-first session of
the General Assembly in 1996. The visits
by the Special Representative to countries
such as Angola, Burundi, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra
Leone, and Sudan have
served as an effective advocacy tool, helping
to draw significant attention to the situation
of children affected by armed conflicts (CAAC).
Office
of the High Representative for Least Developed
Countries, Landlocked Countries and Small
Island Developing States (OHRLLS): OHRLLS was
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