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| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Discusses the Establishment of a UN Arabic Language Centre |
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| 21 November 2017 |
Aboul Gheit Opens 23rd Meeting of Regional Coordination Mechanism, Says Conflicts Delay Economic Development in the Region |
Beirut, 21 November 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) – “The Arab World today is at a crossroads between promises and threats, promises of welfare and progress and threats of wars and terrorism… There are forces pulling the Arab region backwards, and in the meantime, there are forces pushing strongly towards change… They realise that development is a long-term project, and that sustaining development and maintaining it is harder than launching it.” |
| 27 June 2018 |
ESCWA welcomes Lebanese President to open 30th Ministerial Session in Beirut |
Beirut, 27 June 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)—The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) was in the spotlight on Wednesday as the UN regional commission kicked off the ministerial segment of its 30th Ministerial Session by welcoming an array of ministers and senior officials, with the President of the Lebanese Republic as its guest of honor and patron of the ceremony. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Holds Arab Region Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20 Conference |
Cairo, 16 Oct 2011 (UN Information Service) — The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today opened the Arab Regional Preparatory Meeting for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20), which will be held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 4-6 June 2012. The 16-17 Oct meeting is held at the League of Arab States (LAS) headquarters in Cairo and was organized in cooperation with LAS and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). |
| 4 December 2016 |
Qatar Hosts ESCWA 29th Ministerial Council |
Ministers and high-level officials representing the member countries of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) will gather on 13-15 December 2016 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Doha, Qatar, to participate in the ESCWA 29th Ministerial Session. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Holds Arab Region Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20 Conference |
Cairo, 16 Oct 2011 (UN Information Service) - The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today opened the Arab Regional Preparatory Meeting for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20), which will be held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 4-6 June 2012. The 16-17 Oct meeting is held at the League of Arab States (LAS) headquarters in Cairo and was organized in cooperation with LAS and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). |
| 11 December 2014 |
UNESCWA-GTZ Meeting on Regional Water Utilities Opens |
UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy said that by 2015, it is projected that 82 million people in the Arab world will lack access to safe water and 124 million people will not be able to get basic water treatment utilities if urgent measures are not taken to improve the present situation. Tallawy was speaking at the opening of a technical cooperation meeting held by UNESCWA and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) at the Conrad Hotel, Cairo, from 4 to 6 September 2006 under the aegis of Egyptian Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development Ahmed Al Maghraby. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Kuwait Hosts Ninth Session of ESCWA Committee on Energy and the Regional Workshop on Parameters Influencing Oil and Gas Pricing |
Kuwait will be hosting the ninth session of the ESCWA Committee on Energy on 12-13 June at Regency Hotel, Kuwait. The Session will kick off on Wednesday 12 June at 10:00AM with the participation of representatives from member countries specialized in the field of Energy. Election of officers will follow in accordance with the Arabic alphabetical order employed by the United Nations, whereby Libya will assume the chairmanship of the session, Lebanon and Egypt the vice-chairmanship and Morocco the rapporteur. |
| 29 December 2016 |
Qatar Hosts the 29th ESCWA Ministerial Council |
On 15 December 2016, the ministers of ESCWA Member States adopted “the Doha Declaration on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030”. This came at the conclusion of the three-day deliberations of the ESCWA 29th Session, hosted by the State of Qatar, at Sheraton Grand Hotel. The Session convened from 13 to 15 December. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Lebanese Premier Addresses Meeting on Palestine Day |
Accompanied by great applause, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora entered the conference hall at UN-ESCWA to begin the ceremony held by the Commission to observe the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (29 November). A host of prominent political, diplomatic and media figures, as well as heads of UN agencies and UN staff, were in attendance to listen to the statements delivered by PM Siniora, UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy, the representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon, Mr. |