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| 21 April 2015 |
Water for Sustainable Development - Water for the Future We Want |
“Water for Sustainable Development - Water for the Future We Want” was the title of the keynote lecture given by ESCWA Regional Advisor on Water Ralf Klingbeil on the occasion of World Water Day 2015 in Oman. The 2015 World Water Day event in Oman was organized by Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat on 18 March and attended by participants from governmental institutions, universities, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the private sector. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Tunisian President Receives Executive Secretary |
On 24 February 2014, the Tunisian President, Mr. Mohamad Moncef Marzouki received United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf at Carthage Palace in Tunis in the presence of Tunisian Foreign Affairs Minister Munj Hamdi and UN Resident Coordinator in Tunis Mounir Tabet. |
| 26 February 2015 |
Tunisia Hosts 5th International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development |
The five United Nations Regional Commissions namely, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), are jointly organizing with the government of Tunisia “The Fifth International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development", on 4-7 November, in Hammamet, Tunisia. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Executive Secretary Visits The Sudan |
UN Undersecretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Bader AlDafa today discussed cooperation between ESCWA and The Sudan, and the role the Regional Commission could play in ensuring technical assistance in several sectors such as transport, foreign trade, youth, and information and communication technology. |
| 25 July 2019 |
ESCWA discusses competencies of senior servants from the Agenda 2030 perspective |
Beirut-Cairo, 23 July 2019 (ESCWA)--On 15-17 July, ESCWA held in Cairo, Egypt, a regional workshop to discuss and approve “The Common Arab Regional Job Competencies Framework for Senior Public Servants from the Perspective of the Agenda 2030 and Public Policy”. Participants included senior civil servants from public institutions in 10 Arab countries mandated to lead administrative reform and support their countries national development. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Ministerial Session Discusses Social Justice Monitoring and Measurement |
The fourth and final panel of the 28th ministerial session of ESCWA focused on the topic “Social justice - monitoring and measurement”. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Lebanese Prime Minister opens the 14th Regional Coordination Mechanism |
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| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Ambassadors Meet Wednesday, Discuss the Commission’s Achievements and Future |
In their last meeting during the term of Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy, the ambassadors of UN-ESCWA member countries will meet at 11 am on Wednesday 16 May 2007 at the UN House in Beirut. The meeting comes within the context of the regular Advisory Committee meetings and is the second for this year. Tallawy will open the meeting with a statement addressed to the participants and media representatives. |
| 26 February 2015 |
Applying Unified Classification for Economic Activities in Arab Countries |
The Economic Statistics section at ESCWA organized a regional workshop on implementation of the international standard industrial classification for all economic activities (ISIC rev.4) for Arab countries, together with the Arab Institute for Training and Statistical Research (AITRS), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in Amman, Jordan, from 28 September to 1 October 2014. |
| 10 May 2019 |
Leaving no one behind |
How to reach the most marginalized in Egypt, Lebanon, Tunis
Discussions by UNESCO, Lebanese American University and ESCWA on Monday Beirut, Lebanon, 13-14 May 2019 |