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and verbatim records of meetings. Responsible for UN conference-management policies, the Under-Secretary-General for DGACM advises the President of the General Assembly on all matters relating to the work of the General Assembly. Department of Management (DM) Under-Secretary-General: Yukio Takasu (Japan) The Department of Management (www.un.org/en/hq/dm) provides strategic policy guidance and support to all entities of the Secretariat in three management areas: finance, human resources and support services. These fall under the purview of the Offices of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts; Human Resources Management; and Central Support Services, respectively. DM is responsible for formulating and implementing improved management policies in the Secretariat; the management and training of staff; and programme planning, budgetary, financial and human resources management along with technological innovations. It also provides technical servicing for the General Assembly’s Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee, as well as servicing for the Committee for Programme and Coordination. The head of the Department provides policy guidance, coordination and direction for the preparation of UN budgets; represents the SecretaryGeneral on matters relating to management; monitors emerging management issues; and ensures the efficient implementation of the Organization’s internal system of justice. Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Under-Secretary-General: Jeffrey Feltman (United States) The Department of Political Affairs (www.un.org/depts/dpa) plays a central role in the efforts of the United Nations to prevent and resolve conflict around the world and to consolidate peace in the aftermath of war. To that end, DPA •• monitors, analyses and assesses political developments throughout the world; •• identifies potential or actual conflicts in whose control and resolution the United Nations could play a useful role; •• recommends to the Secretary-General appropriate action in such cases and executes the approved policy; •• assists the Secretary-General in carrying out political activities decided by him, the General Assembly and the Security Council in the areas of preventive diplomacy, peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding; •• advises the Secretary-General on requests for electoral assistance received from member states and coordinates programmes established in response to such requests; •• advises and supports the Secretary-General in the political aspects of his relations with member states; and •• services the Security Council and its subsidiary bodies, as well as the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Special Committee of 24 on Decolonization. The head of the Department also undertakes consultations and negotiations relating to peaceful settlement of disputes, and is the focal point for UN electoral assistance activities.