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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Concludes Transport Committee with Calls to Harmonize Legislation |
ESCWA Transport Committee adopted today the proposal for the formation of a working group on the harmonization of institutional frameworks and legislation in the transport sector in the ESCWA region. Transport officials of ESCWA’s 14 member countries adopted this proposal at the 11th Session of the ESCWA Transport Committee, which was held on 22-24 March under the auspices of Lebanese Minister of Transportation, Ghazi Aridi. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Marks World Water Day 2014 |
To mark World Water Day 2014, ESCWA cooperated with the Association of the Friends of Ibrahim Abdel Al, the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI) and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in holding a seminar entitled "The Water-Energy Nexus: Issues and Challenges", on 21 March, at the Order of the Press in Beirut. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Minister of State for Administrative Reform in Lebanon to Open UNESCWA 7th Statistical Committee Session |
The seventh session of the UNESCWA Statistical Committee will be held on Tuesday 7 November at 10:00 a.m. at the UN House, Beirut, under the auspices of Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Reform in Lebanon Jean Hogassapian. The meeting will continue until 9 November and will address major issues that concern statistical work in the UNESCWA region and its direct impact on the development process. |
| 23 October 2017 |
Regional Commission’s Team Heads to Iraq |
Beirut, 23 October 2017 (Communication and Information Unit)-- A delegation of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), chaired by its Deputy Executive Secretary for Program Support Khawla Mattar, today started an official visit to Iraq. The visit continues until Wednesday 25 October 2017. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Two online workshops on E-government and E-content |
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| 1 March 2018 |
Arab public figures to participate in the International Women’s Day marked by ESCWA |
What: ESCWA marks International Women’s Day. |
| 11 December 2014 |
La Tunisie accueille la 28ème session ministérielle de la CESAO |
Placée sous le thème de «La Justice sociale dans les politiques publiques des pays arabes», la 28ème session ministérielle de la Commission économique et sociale des Nations Unies pour l'Asie occidentale (CESAO) se tiendra à Tunis du 15 au 18 septembre 2014 à l’hôtel Regency. |
| 21 April 2015 |
Regional Commission Honors Arab Women Voices |
On the occasion of International Women's Day, ESCWA honored Arab women voices: singer and poet Jaheda Wehbe, Palestinian-American poet and scholar Lisa Suhair Majaj and Palestinian-Lebanese filmmaker Carole Mansour. Held in cooperation with the Resource Center for Gender Equality (ABAAD) and under the title "Voices of Arab Women," on 5 March 2015 at the UN House, Beirut, the ceremony saw the participation of Second Vice Chair of the National Commission for Lebanese Women Lama Tammam Salam, and Lebanese Minister of Displaced Persons Alice Chabtini. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Iraqi Human Rights Minister Visits UNESCWA, Meets Tallawy |
Iraqi Minister for Human Rights Wijdan Mikhail said today, “UNESCWA provides major support for her Ministry and the activities it intends to undertake.” She was speaking following her visit this afternoon to the UNESCWA headquarters in Riad el Solh Square, where she met with Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy. The meeting was also attended by Mr. Antoine Mansour, head of UNESCWA’s Unit for Conflict Related Issues (ECRI). |
| 10 March 2017 |
Effective National Technology Transfer System in Egypt |
Under the patronage of the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ashraf Shihi, ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC) and the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) in Egypt conducted a workshop entitled: “National Legislative Corrections and Institutional Policies for Effective technology transfer system,” on 11 January 2017 in Cairo. |