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.

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 visited on 14 November 2017 Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri. Both sides discussed the current activities undertaken by ESCWA. They also touched base on the situation in Lebanon and the region

Ms. Mervat Tallawy, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of UNESCWA, today met with Ms. Jan Beagle, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management. Ms. Beagle is on an official visit to Lebanon (5-8 June 2006).