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| 11 December 2014 |
UNESCWA Signs Memorandum with Arab ICT Associations |
The Officer-in-Charge of the UNESCWA Information and Communication Technology Division, Mr. Mansour Farah, said that UNESCWA and the Union of Arab Information and Communication Technology Associations (IJMA3) have agreed to launch specific activities aimed at facilitating the dissemination of information and communication technology (ICT) in the region, with special emphasis on job creation and poverty alleviation. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Tackles Development at ILO Meeting |
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| 4 November 2019 |
Enhancing integrated national development planning in Tunisia |
Beirut-Tunis, 30 October 2019 (ESCWA)--As part of efforts to improve planning processes towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 in the Arab region, ESCWA concluded today a two-day workshop on “Enhancing integrated national development planning in Tunisia”. The workshop was aimed at building the capacity of Tunisian planning stakeholders in the different techniques and methodologies of integrated planning. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Arab Experts and Officials To Discuss Future Role of UNESCWA |
In a significant step coming at a critical time in the history of the region, Arab officials and highly skilled experts and intellectuals will gather at UNESCWA to participate in a meeting on the “Role of UNESCWA in Servicing its Member States, the Next Five Years.” The meeting, which will bring together prominent officials and academics, will continue until Wednesday, 25 January 2006. |
| 26 June 2018 |
Four side events at 30th Ministerial Session of ESCWA |
During the ministerial segment of the 30th Ministerial Session taking place on 27 and 28 June, four side events are being organized to highlight the work of ESCWA. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Launches Report on Gender in the Millennium Development Goals |
On the occasion of the 12th Regional Coordination Mechanism Meeting (RCM), UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary, Bader Omar AlDafa, launched on Sunday 14 September a report on "Gender in the Millennium Development Goals: Information guide for Arab Millennium Development Goals reports" at the UN House, Beirut in the presence of representatives of UN regional organizations and media institutions.
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| 26 February 2015 |
Decision Makers and Experts Gather to Discuss Arab Perspective for Shaping Future of Internet |
Under the theme "Arab Perspective for Shaping the Future of the Internet", and under the joint patronage of Lebanese Minister of Telecommunications Boutros Harb and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf the city of Beirut hosted on 26-27 November 2014 the Third Annual Meeting of the Arab Internet Governance Forum (AIGF-III) at the Movenpick Hotel. The Forum, which was held with the strategic partnership of the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications and Ogero Telecom, was preceded by a pre-event on 25 November 2014 for capacity building on Internet Governance. |
| 12 November 2014 |
Abdallah Al Dardari Appointed as Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCWA |
On 25 September 2014 United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Ms. Rima Khalaf, announced the appointment of Mr. Abdallah Al Dardari as her deputy. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Towards Stronger Institutions in Iraq |
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| 18 December 2017 |
ESCWA Marks UN Arabic Language Day |
The United Nations employs multilingualism as a tool to promote multilateralism and cross-cultural communication, with each of the six official languages celebrated on a specific day. World Arabic Language Day is commemorated on 18 December, the day when the United Nations General Assembly approved Arabic as an official and working language of the United Nations. |