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| 11 December 2014 |
UN Launches Photo Competition for Environment Day |
To celebrate the World Environment Day 2011, Greening the Blue – a UN program to make all its agencies climate neutral and green - and the UN Photographic Society have joined forces to launch the first in-house photographic competition that celebrates and inspires efforts to make the UN more sustainable. Visions of a Sustainable UN is the central theme of this photo competition. The competition provides an opportunity to raise the profile of existing green activities taking place within the UN, and will enable everyone to share their ideas of what a greener UN might look like. |
| 28 August 2017 |
Executive Secretary Pays Official Visit to Egypt |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Alhakim paid an official visit to Egypt on 22-24 August 2017 on top of a delegation comprising his Deputy for Program Support Khawla Mattar, ESCWA Secretary of the Commission Karim Khalil, Chief of Economic Governance and Planning Ahmed Kamaly and Team Assistant Zalfa Hobballah. |
| 21 December 2020 |
Launch of ESCWA Climate-SDGs debt swap initiative |
Beirut, 18 December 2020 (ESCWA)--The years since the global economic downturn in 2008 have seen an increase in public debt in several major economies around the world; a trend more worrying for the low and middle-income countries of the Arab region. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA takes part in Beirut Energy Forum and Discusses the Role of Renewable Energy |
ESCWA is organizing a session titled “The Role of Renewable Energy in Socio – Economic Development in the Arab Region” on 17 Sept. 2014, from 15:30 to 17:30, at Le Royal Hotel, Dbayeh within the activities of the 5th Beirut Energy Forum. The session will be moderated by Moncef Ben Abdallah, Senior Energy Expert, former Tunisian Industry and Energy Minister. The session will focus on the impact of Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency (EE) deployment and the role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in this respect. |
| 11 December 2014 |
From Words to Action |
During the Week of International Women Day (8-15 March), ESCWA elevators were dressed in Arabic calligraphy, the language of the region where the Commission is working alongside governments to implement women’s rights. From words to achievement, "من مربوطة إلى مبسوطة", was an internal visual campaign inside the UN House, Beirut, that showed the difference empowerment can make through a simple, to-the-point, Arabic illustration. |
| 11 February 2016 |
Further Support to the National Agenda for the Future of Syria Programme |
On 28 January 2016, the Centre for Syrian Studies at the University of Saint Andrews, the United Kingdom, and ESCWA joined hands to sign a letter of understanding (LOU) on the bilateral cooperation concerning the National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS) programme launched by ESCWA in 2012. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Next Week: Ambassadors of UNESCWA Countries Consider Preparations for Upcoming Ministerial Session |
In preparation for the 24th UNESCWA Ministerial Session to take place in Beirut next May, the ambassadors of UNESCWA member countries will meet on Thursday 2 February 2006 at the UN House, Beirut. This comes within the context of an Advisory Committee Meeting that is the first for this year. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UNESCWA Advisory Committee Considers Preparations for Upcoming Ministerial Session |
In preparation for the 24th UNESCWA Ministerial Session to take place in Beirut next May, the ambassadors of UNESCWA member countries will meet tomorrow, Thursday 2 February 2006, at the UN House, Beirut. This comes within the context of an Advisory Committee Meeting that is the first for this year. |
| 22 January 2019 |
Ms. Rola Dashti of Kuwait - Executive Secretary of ESCWA |
Beirut, 22 January 2019 (Communication and Information Unit)--United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Rola Dashti of Kuwait as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). |
| 27 October 2016 |
Khawla Mattar Receives United Nations Secretary-General Award for Courage |
ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Khawla Mattar received the UN Secretary-General Award for Courage, in a ceremony held on 25 October 2016 in New York, on the occasion of the United Nations Staff Day. |