On 5 June (World Environment Day) 2007, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all UN agencies, funds and programs to become climate neutral and 'go green'.

ESCWA Executive Secretary Badr Omar AlDafa delivered a speech today at the opening of the International Arab Banking Summit –(IABS 2010) entitled “From Crisis to Financial Stability” that opened today in Istanbul , under the auspices of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) signed on 20 June a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC).