| Name of the Office | Directorate General for Political Affairs and International Security |
| Competenze | The Directorate-General for Political Affairs and International Security is responsible for the following tasks:: a) ensures the analysis, definition, and unity of diplomatic action in bilateral and multilateral relations; b) tackles issues related to international security, including – in coordination with the Directorate-General for Europe and International Trade Policy and to ensure unity of action – those of the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, as well as issues 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; c) addresses political issues within the remit of the United Nations system; d) handles, in coordination with the other Directorates-General concerned, human rights issues; e) ensures international cooperation against global threats, particularly terrorism, transnational organized crime, and drug trafficking; f) manages, in consultation with the relevant Directorates-General, negotiations for the definition of international sanctions regimes, without prejudice to the powers of the Unit referred to in Article 7-bis of Law No. 185 of July 9, 1990; g) manages the Ministry’s activities regarding the prohibition of chemical weapons, without prejudice to the powers of the Unit referred to in Article 7-bis of Law No. 185 of July 9, 1990; h) follows issues related to the G7/G20 processes; i) conducts research and studies on international relations, in collaboration with the other Directorates-General, with the relevant public administrations, as well as with academia and civil society; develops analyses and proposals for strategic foreign policy lines; l) promotes public debate, training, and research on international relations; m) maintains the historical archives and library, promoting their updating and enhancement; n) promotes Italy’s presence in international organizations; o) ensures the timely and effective handling of issues related to crisis areas; p) 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 analysing, defining, and implementing diplomatic action with North American countries, the Russian Federation, Eastern European countries that are not members of the European Union, 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; q) ensures Italy’s participation in the activities of regional international cooperation and organizations relating to the geographical areas referred to in point p). |
| Name of the Director | Cecilia Piccioni |
| Position | Deputy Secretary-General / Director General for Political Affairs and International Security |
| Telephone number | 06.36912174 |
| E-mail address | dgap.segreteria@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | dgap.segreteria@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Secretariat |
| Competence and Tasks | |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Leg. Francesca Guariglia |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone numbers | 06.36912228 and 06.36912224 |
| Email address | dgap.segreteria@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap.segreteria@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office I |
| Competence and Tasks | United Nations System |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Andrea Esteban Samà |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone numbers | 06.36917228 and 06.36912383 |
| Email address | dgap01@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap.01@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office II |
| Competence and Tasks | Human rights, International Humanitarian Law and Human Security |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Marco Lapadura |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone numbers | 06.36913013 and 06.36914614 |
| Email address | dgap02@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap.02@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office III |
| Competence and Tasks | Council of Europe, OSCE and International Profiles of Democratic Systems |
| Name of the Head of the Office | |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone numbers | 06.36913743 and 06.36915828 |
| Email address | dgap03@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap.03@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office IV |
| Competence and Tasks | Political and Military Issues, Atlantic Alliance, EU Defence |
| Name of the Head of the Office | |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone numbers | 06.36912250 and 06.36913476 |
| Email address | dgap04@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap.04@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office V |
| Competence and Tasks | Disarmament and Arms Control, Non-Proliferation, Office of the National Authority for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Marcello Cavalcaselle |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone numbers | 06.36912289 and 06.36917610 |
| Email address | dgap05@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap.05@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office VI |
| Competence and Tasks | Sanctioning Policies |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Marco Prencipe |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.36914011 |
| Email address | dgap06@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap06@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office VII |
| Competence and Tasks | Maghreb |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Filippo Andrea Colombo |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone numbers | 06.36913589 and 06.36914154 |
| Email address | dgap07@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap07@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office VIII |
| Competence and Tasks | Near East and Middle East |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Min. Plen. Gianluigi Vassallo |
| Position | Head of the Office and Deputy of the VDG/CD for Mediterranean and Middle East countries |
| Telephone numbers | 06.36912056 and 06.36912166 |
| Email address | dgap08@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap.08@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office IX |
| Competence and Tasks | Arabian Peninsula, Gulf and Afghanistan |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Leg. Alice Amoriello |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone numbers | 06.36917238 and 06.36914695 |
| Email address | dgap09@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap.09@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office X |
| Competence and Tasks | G7-G20 Processes, Transnational Threats, and Integrated Strategies |
| Name of the Head of the Office | |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone numbers | 06.36914775 and 06.36914799 |
| Email address | dgap10@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap10@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office XI |
| Competence and Tasks | European Correspondent |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Leg. Elisabetta Martini |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone numbers | 06.36912258 and 06.36913138 |
| Email address | dgap11@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap11@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office XII |
| Competence and Tasks | North America |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Leg. Francesco Meucci |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.36914636 |
| Email address | dgap12@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap12@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office XIII |
| Competence and Tasks | Russian Federation, Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Benedetto Giuntini |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.36917196 |
| Email address | dgap13@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap13@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | UPIOI |
| Competence and Tasks | Unit for the Promotion of Italy in International Organizations; |
| Name of the Head of the Unit | Min. Plen. Roberto Frangione |
| Position | Head of the Unit |
| Telephone number | 06.36912320 |
| Email address | dgapupioi@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | candidature@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | UAP |
| Competence and Tasks | Unit for Analysis, Planning, and Historical Documentation |
| Name of the Head of the Unit | Cons. Amb. Pietro De Martin Topranin |
| Position | Head of the Unit |
| Telephone number | 06.36912172 |
| Email address | dgapuap@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgap.uap@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | CIDU |
| Competence and Tasks | Interministerial Committee for Human Rights |
| Name of the Head of the Interministerial Committee | Min. Plen. Giovanni Battista Iannuzzi |
| Position | President |
| Telephone number | 06.36914050 |
| Email address | dgap.cidu@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | comitato.dirittiumani@cert.esteri.it |