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| 29 May 2017 |
Executive Secretary Discusses with Former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Combating Violent Extremism |
“Violent extremism walks in when shared society withdraws,” today said former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina and member of “Club de Madrid” Zlatko Lagumdzija, who paid a visit to the UN House in Beirut, and met with Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Alhakim. The meeting was attended by ESCWA Deputy Executive Khawla Mattar and Director of ESCWA Emerging and Conflict-related Issues Division Tarek Alami as well as “Club de Madrid” Senior Program Officer Maram Anbar. |
| 30 May 2017 |
Executive Secretary Discusses with Former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Combating Violent Extremism |
“Violent extremism walks in when shared society withdraws,” said former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina and member of “Club de Madrid” Zlatko Lagumdzija, who paid a visit to the UN House in Beirut on 29 May 2017, and met with Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Alhakim. The meeting was attended by ESCWA Deputy Executive Khawla Mattar and Director of ESCWA Emerging and Conflict-related Issues Division Tarek Alami as well as “Club de Madrid” Senior Program Officer Maram Anbar. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA to Hold Road Safety Workshop in Cairo |
UN-ESCWA in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), is holding a workshop on “Capacity-Building of National Focal Points” from 20 to 21 December 2006 at the Kuwait Conference Hall, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA holds an open forum during IGF-IV |
Deneme ESCWA is organizing an open forum on “Internet Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for the ESCWA Member Countries” during the fourth meeting of the Internet Governance Forum. The Forum is held on 17 November 2009 from 14h00 until 15h30 in Room 8 – Citadel, Maritim Jolie Ville Royal Peninsula Hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The forum will officially launch a comprehensive study entitled “Internet Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for the ESCWA Member Countries” tackling major issues related to Internet governance from the Arab region perspective. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Takes Oath of Office before Secretary-General |
New York, Beirut, 13 August 2007 (United Nations Information Services)- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon administered today the oath of office to Ambassador Bader Al-Dafa, following the appointment of the latter as Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Beirut-based Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA). The swearing-in ceremony organized for the occasion was attended by Deputy Secretary-General, Asha-Rose Migiro, Chef de cabinet Vijay Nambiar, and senior UN officials. |
| 27 July 2016 |
An Innovation Scoreboard for MENA Countries |
The ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC) co-organized the meeting on “Establishing Innovation Scoreboard for Middle East and North Africa Countries” in cooperation with Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Rabat on 16-17 May 2016. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Inter-Agency Task Force on International Trade Statistics |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Takes Oath of Office before Secretary General |
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| 10 March 2020 |
ESCWA succeeds in securing funds to support road safety in Arab States |
Beirut, 3 March 2020--ESCWA provided support to member States in applying for grants from the UN Road Safety Fund, among which Jordan and Tunisia, which secured an amount of 585,000 USD for their national projects. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Towards a National Legislative Framework to Protect Women and Girls against All Forms of Violence |
On 17and18 June 2014, the National Council for Women (NCW) in Egypt hosted ESCWA’s Regional Advisor for Women’s Issues Wafa Al Dika Hamze, First Social Affairs Officer at the ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW) Lana Baydas, and Egyptian Legal Advisor Ahmad El Naggar in an advisory mission, which included a workshop entitled “Towards a National Legislative Framework to Protect Women and Girls against All Forms of Violence” organized by the NCW and the Egyptian Ministry of Justice in cooperation with ESCWA, UN-Women regional Bureau for Arab States and the Cairo based United Nations Office for Drugs |