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| 22 April 2016 |
International Mother Earth Day |
On 22 April of every year the world marks the International Mother Earth Day. This year’s theme is “Trees for the Earth”. Earth Day aims to refocus the world’s attention on the need to protect the environment in order to keep it healthy for current and future generations. This year’s Earth Day coincides with the signing ceremony of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which came on the heels of last year’s agreement on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda with its high focus on protecting the environment and the earth as well. |
| 28 April 2016 |
Syria at War: Five Years On |
Five years of conflict in Syria led to an estimated 2.3 million deaths or injuries, and displaced over 12 million people. |
| 6 May 2016 |
Increasing productivity is key to revive economic growth and support the 2030 Agenda in Asia-Pacific, says UN |
The next phase of Asia-Pacific economic growth should be driven by broad-based productivity gains, says UN flagship report Economic and Social Survey for Asia and the Pacific 2016. |
| 13 May 2016 |
Lebanon Needs An Integrated Strategy To Address Rising Food And Nutrition Insecurity |
(ESCWA/WFP) -- Lebanon needs to urgently formulate an integrated National Food and Nutrition Security Strategy to ward off rising food insecurity in the country, an ESCWA report says. The Word Food Programme (WFP) commissioned ESCWA to conduct a Strategic Review of Food and Nutrition Security in Lebanon, which has resulted intangible recommendations to improve food and nutrition security for all communities in the country. |
| 18 May 2016 |
Executive Secretary on Clovis Maksoud Passing: The Values He Upheld Are Desperately Needed |
ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf today issued a statement on the passing of veteran diplomat, writer and scholar Clovis Maksoud. |
| 23 May 2016 |
Promoting Green Energy Technology Market in Rural Areas |
Promoting Green Energy Technology Market in Rural Areas is the title of a workshop ESCWA is organizing on 24-25 May 2016, at the UN-House in Beirut. The Workshop, which will open at 9:30 tomorrow Tuesday 24 May 2016, aims at building the capacity of the public sector in Arab countries in order to enhance the sustainability of renewable energy penetration in rural areas by fostering sustainable renewable energy markets. The Workshop opens with remarks by Radia Sedaoui, Chief of the ESCWA Energy Section. |
| 26 May 2016 |
Capacity Building Workshop on Promoting a Safer Cyberspace in the Arab Region |
The goals of this workshop were to build the capacity of decision makers in governments and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the Arab region on the procedural frameworks for implementing cybercrime law, combating cybercrime and enhancing cyber-safety in the Arab region. |
| 26 May 2016 |
Arab and World Regions Discuss Implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |
On 24 May 2016, ESCWAة UNEP and LAS organized a meeting on the different regional visions to begin the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |
| 29 May 2016 |
Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2016 |
ESCWA, in cooperation with the members of Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) and the League of Arab States (LAS), will organize the 2016 Arab Forum for Sustainable Development, in hotel Kempinski, Amman, from 29 to 30 May 2016.
The Forum opens at 10:00 AM, Sunday 29 May 2016, with speeches by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf, Deputy Secretary General, League of Arab States Ahmed Ben Helli, Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, H.E. Imad N. Fakhoury. |
| 30 May 2016 |
Amman Hosts Seminar on Islam and Science |
On 5 May 2016, experts from across the Islamic world gathered at the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) in Amman, Jordan, to participate in the International Seminar on Islam and Science. Under the theme “Islamic Perspectives on Science’s Big Questions” the Seminar discussed a variety of topics, including Islam and Modern Science; Cosmology and Evolution; and Islam- Science Relationship: The Way Forward. |