| Name of the structure | Directorate-General for Political Affairs and Security |
| Competences | The Directorate-General for Political and Security Affairs is responsible for the following tasks: a) It handles matters relating to international security, including—in coordination with the Directorate-General for the European Union and to ensure unity—those of the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, as well as matters relating to the Atlantic Alliance, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Council of Europe, disarmament and arms control, and non-proliferation; b) It handles political matters within the remit of the United Nations system; c) It handles, in coordination with the other competent Directorates-General , human rights issues; d) It manages international cooperation against global threats, particularly against terrorism, transnational organized crime, and drug trafficking; e) It monitors political and security issues related to the G8/G20 processes; f) promotes, in agreement with the other competent Directorates-General, bilateral relations of a political, economic, cultural, and other nature, conducts related negotiations, and is responsible for analyzing, defining, and implementing diplomatic action with the countries of North America, the Russian Federation, Eastern European countries not members of the European Union, the countries of the Caucasus, Central and Central-Western Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, subject to any changes that may be made with respect to individual countries or groups of countries identified by ministerial decree; g) ensures Italy’s participation in the activities of regional international cooperation and organizations relating to the geographical areas referred to in subparagraph f). |
| Name of the principal | Cecilia Piccioni |
| Title | Director General for Political Affairs and Security |
| Phone number | 06.36912174 |
| E-mail address | dgap.segreteria@esteri.it |
| Certified mail address | dgap.segreteria@cert.esteri.it |
Office I – United Nations System
Office II – Human Rights, Humanitarian International Law and Human Safety and Security
Office III – Council of Europe, OSCE and International Democratic Systems Profiles
Office IV – Atlantic Alliance, Strategic Security and Political-Military Issues
Office V – Disarmament and Weapons Control, Non Proliferation, Office of the National Authority for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Office VI – Transnational Threats and Integrated Strategies
Office VII – Multilateral Cooperation and Integration Processes in the Euro-Mediterranean Region
Office VIII – Near East
Office IX – Arabian Peninsula, Gulf and Afghanistan
Office X – Maghreb
CFSP / CSDP Unit
North America Unit
Russia, Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Unit
Unit for the Upstream Phase of Sanctions Policies
Unit for Political Aspects of the G7-G20 Processes