LEAD DEPARTMENT

THE UN and PEACE & SECURITY

DPA - THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS                The Department of Political Affairs provides advice and support, on political matters, to the Secretary-General, in the exercise of his global responsibilities under the Charter, relating to the Maintenance and Restoration of Peace and Security.                Preventive Action and Peacemaking   Best Practices    DPKO / PBPU - PEACEKEEPING BEST PRACTICES UNIT Cooperation with Regional Organizations MAP Peace-building support Offices - Their work Peace-buliding and other Political Missions 2002    DPKO - DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

KEY UN system OFFICES

OFFICES	PROGRAMMES
UN MAIN BODIES ABOUT THE UN	GA - GENERAL ASSEMBLY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS - Gender Equality and UN Millennium Development Goals UN REFORM SC- SECURITY COUNCIL BACKGROUND INFORMATION Background Round-up of Security Council 2002 THE SECRETARY-GENERAL Activities of the Secretary-General DPA -  DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS Preventive Action and Peacemaking Special and Personal Representatives and Envoys of the Secretary-General IRAQ UNMOVIC - United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission  [ SEE, also : UNSCOM & OIP]       IAEA - IRAQ ACTION TEAM IAEA's Mandate in Iraq Iraq Action Team : Chronology, Background & Reference       - Iraq Nuclear Verification Office - Chronology of Main Events       FACT SHEET Iraq's Nuclear Weapon Programme
GENERAL ASSEMBLY GENERAL ASSEMBLY	GA - GENERAL ASSEMBLY Special Committee on Peacekeeping First Committee - Disarmament and International Security
PEACEKEEPING HOME PAGE	DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS - DPKO "United Nations Peacekeeping, In the service of Peace" Introduction to Peacekeeping Questions and Answers Information Resources on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Current Peacekeeping Operations
FOCAL POINTS ON SUBTOPICS	PROGRAMMES
AFRICA HOME PAGE	DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION / DPI / ITS The UN in Africa Links to page on UN peacemaking and security activities in Africa
CULTURE OF PEACE HOME PAGE	UNESCO - UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION International Culture of Peace Calendar of the Decade
DECOLONIZATION HOME PAGE	DECOLONIZATION UNIT - Department of Political Affairs The United Nations and Decolonization
DEVELOPMENT HOME PAGE	UNDP - UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Crisis Prevention and Recovery: Emergency Response Division        Reference        Capacity-Building Services
DISARMAMENT HOME PAGE See also, Global Issues: Disarmament	DDA - DEPARTMENT OF DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS Disarmament Issues UN & Disarmament
EDUCATION HOME PAGE	UNESCO - UN EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict Tolerance UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE About the University for Peace (Costa Rica)
GOVERNANCE ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE DIVISION	[ SEE, GLOBAL ISSUES : "ELECTIONS" ] DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS - DPA Electoral Assistance - A System-wide Endeavour Electoral Assistance Division Electoral Assistance UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY Peace & Governance
LANDMINES HOME PAGE	UN MINE ACTION SERVICE - UNMAS Mine Action
QUESTION OF PALESTINE HOME PAGE	DIVISION FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS Question of Palestine
TERRORISM TERRORISM PAGE [ See, also:  GLOBAL ISSUES "Terrorism" & Related issues, such as : "Money Laundering"]	UNODC - UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME Conventional Terrorist Weapons - Use of conventional weapons by terrorists Weapons of Mass Destruction - Use of weapons of mass destruction by terrorists  International Legal Conventions against Terrorism Identifies the major terrorism conventions and protocols and provides a brief summary of some of the major terms of each instrument