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11 December 2014	Nepalese Messenger of Peace Pushkar Shah Visits UN-ESCWA, Meets with Executive Secretary	UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary, Mr. Bader Omar Al Dafa, received today Mr. Pushkar Shah, the Nepalese teacher who is touring the world on a bicycle to spread the message of peace. Shah presented to Al Dafa the motives behind the journey he initiated in 1998, and which ends next year, once he finishes visiting 150 countries. During his visit to every country, Shah tours different schools, clubs, local communities and United Nations headquarters to speak about peace, respect for other religions and cultures, living in harmony, respect for human rights and democratic values.
20 April 2017	Bolstering Sudanese data Systems, Economic Modeling and Decision-Making	Under the framework of its efforts to support policies, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) took part on 28 and 29 March 2017 in a workshop on Data Systems, Supporting Decision-making, and Economic Modeling, in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. The workshop delved into the key components of the project through discussion round tables involving a large number of academicians and experts in Sudan as well as representatives of the Presidency, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Education and Scientific Research.
3 February 2016	Migrant Transfers and Development: Experts study Arab and North African experience in Rabat
11 December 2014	La CESAO facilite l'échange de connaissances environnementales entre la Palestine et la Tunisie	Le conseiller régional pour l'environnement et l'eau à la commission économique et sociale pour l'Asie occidentale (CESAO), Mr. Ralf Klingbeil a déclaré aujourd'hui que la Tunisie et la Palestine bénéficieront d'un échange d'informations sur leurs approches respectives envers la gestion environnementale dans le cadre d'activités planifiées par la CESAO entre le 22 et le 26 avril 2013 au ministère tunisien de l'Environnement.
6 November 2017	Islamic Finance in National Accounts	33 experts from 17 Arab, African and Asian countries discussed various issues related to Islamic Finance and exchanged their expertise in this field in a meeting that was held by ESCWA in coordination with the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNSD) at the UN House in Beirut from 24 to 26 October 2017. 8 experts representing international organizations also took part in the meeting.
11 December 2014	Saudi Minister of Trade and Industry Visits UN-ESCWA
11 December 2014	King of Jordan Meets ESCWA Executive Secretary	King Abdullah II of Jordan met the UN Under-Secretary General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf and congratulated her on assuming her new position. During the meeting, the Jordanian monarch hailed ESCWA efforts in supporting programs and plans to achieve human, economic and social development in Western Asia, especially in the Arab region, citing areas where cooperation between Jordan and ESCWA could be strengthened and increased.
31 August 2017	Deputy Transport Minister of Yemen Visits ESCWA, Meets Executive Secretary	ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Alhakim received on 29 August 2017 Deputy Minister of Transportation of Yemen Nasser Al Sherif at the UN House. The two sides discussed cooperation in the field of transportation between ESCWA and Yemen and ESCWA’s contribution to the government of Yemen in terms of technical cooperation. The ambassador of Yemen to Lebanon Abdullah Abed AlKarim AlDeis and ESCWA Regional Adviser on Transport and Logistics Yarob Badr also attended the meeting.
7 August 2017	Executive Secretary visits former President Sleiman	United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim visited on 7 August 2017 President Michel Sleiman in his Yarze residence. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Executive Secretary, Khawla Mattar. Both sides discussed the Commission’s activities in Lebanon and the region. They also tackled economic and social issues in addition to the National Agenda for the Future of Syria program initiated by ESCWA over three years ago.
22 August 2017	Executive Secretary On Official Visit to Egypt	Beirut, 22 August 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim today headed to Cairo on his first official visit to member countries after he took functions at the helm of ESCWA last May.

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