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.

Beirut, 23 November 2011 (UN Information Service) — UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro arrived in Beirut this morning on a four-day visit, during which she will head the 16th meeting of the UN’s Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) and meet leaders of the country as well as chiefs and staff of UN agencies in Lebanon.

During her stay, Migiro is set to visit Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

Beirut, 25 September 2019 (ESCWA)--Today, ESCWA and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) renewed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) they had signed on January 2015 to strengthen cooperation between them in the coming five years.
 
The MoU was signed by the Executive Secretary of ESCWA, Ms. Rola Dashti, and the Director-General of IRENA, Mr. Francesco La Camera, on the sidelines of the UN 74th General Assembly in New York.