The popular contestants of Star Academy 2006 will be visiting UNESCWA headquarters in Beirut at 2pm, Friday 5 May 2006.

Their visit begins with a meeting with UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy followed by a press conference to launch the musical concert they plan to hold at the UNESCO Palace as part of the side events of the UNESCWA 24th Ministerial Session.

UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy will be holding a press conference to launch a pioneering study on the history of women’s movements in the Arab world tomorrow, Tuesday, 18 April 2006, at 10:00 a.m. at the UN House, Beirut.

Lebanese women parliamentarians and Arab and foreign ambassadors accredited to Lebanon have been invited to this event, as well as a number of political, economic and media figures. Also invited are experts on women’s issues and representatives of UN and nongovernmental organizations in Lebanon.

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim paid on 2 August 2017 a courtesy visit to former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel in his office in Bikfaya. Al-Hakim took over his functions at the helm of ESCWA last May.

The two officials discussed collaboration between ESCWA and Lebanon in addition to the economic and social cooperation activities carried out by the Commission in the region. They also discussed the National Agenda for the Future of Syria program initiated by ESCWA over three years ago.

          Beirut, 4 August 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim today visited Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Reform Inaya Ezzeddine, heading a delegation comprising Director of Emerging and Conflict Related Issues (ECRI) at ESCWA Tarek Alami, ESCWA Regional Adviser for Emerging and Conflict Related Issues Karam Karam, and ESCWA Regional Advisor for Sustainable Development Adib Nehme.