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| 13 December 2016 |
Qatar Chairs ESCWA 29th Ministerial Council, Tunisia and Bahrain Vice Chairs, Sudan Rapporteur |
Held under the title “The Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Arab States,” the ESCWA 29th Session opened today in Doha, Qatar, at the level of senior delegates, and will open at the ministerial level tomorrow 14 December. The ESCWA Session is held at the Sheraton Grand hotel in Doha until 15 December 2016, when participants will issue a declaration focusing on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Arab States. |
| 14 December 2016 |
Justice for Palestine |
ESCWA continued on Tuesday 13 December 2016 the works of its 29th Session at the Sheraton Grand hotel in Doha, Qatar, where discussions revolved around Justice for the Palestinian people after fifty years of Israeli occupation. |
| 14 December 2016 |
ESCWA Opens Ministerial Segment of 29th Session |
ESCWA 29th Session opened this afternoon at the ministerial level, in Doha, Qatar, with speeches highlighting the need to work for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly amid the current state of the Arab region. |
| 15 December 2016 |
Ministers of ESCWA Member Countries Discuss National Challenges to 2030 Agenda Implementation |
As part of its ministerial 29th Session, ESCWA held on 14 December 2016 a ministerial discussion panel on the “Challenges Facing the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda at the National Level” with the participation of Arab ministers and prominent figures. |
| 15 December 2016 |
ESCWA 29th Ministerial Council Wraps with Doha Declaration on the Implementation of 2030 Agenda |
ESCWA 29th ministerial session concluded its works this evening at the Sheraton Grand hotel in Doha, Qatar, with the adoption of “Doha Declaration on the Implementation of 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.” |
| 29 December 2016 |
Qatar Hosts the 29th ESCWA Ministerial Council |
On 15 December 2016, the ministers of ESCWA Member States adopted “the Doha Declaration on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030”. This came at the conclusion of the three-day deliberations of the ESCWA 29th Session, hosted by the State of Qatar, at Sheraton Grand Hotel. The Session convened from 13 to 15 December. |
| 4 January 2017 |
ESCWA and LAS Workshop on the Outputs of the Arab IGF 2020 Initiative's Technical Cooperation Working Group |
ESCWA and the League of Arab States (LAS) will hold the Workshop on the Outputs of the AIGF2020 Initiative's Technical Cooperation Working Group (TCWG), in Cairo, from 20 to 22 December 2016. The event is hosted by both the UNIC Cairo office, and the League of Arab States. The Workshop opens at 12:00 hours noon on Tuesday 20 Dec 2016 at the UNIC-Cairo Office, and continues for the remaining two days at LAS premises, starting at 10:00 hours daily. |
| 4 January 2017 |
Developing the Gender Mainstreaming in Public Institutions Project |
During the ESCWA 29th Session hosted by Qatar on 13-15 December 2016, ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW) delivered a presentation on the Gender Mainstreaming in Public Institutions project which aims to design the first unified Arab framework to measure progress towards achieving gender equality and women empowerment in public institutions, based on the success of ESCWA in implementing the United Nations System-wide Action Plan on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-SWAP). |
| 9 January 2017 |
Achieving Social Justice in the Arab Region |
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| 10 January 2017 |
Achieving Social Justice in the Arab Region |
During the ESCWA 29th Session held on 13-15 December 2016, ESCWA presented the guide that it is currently preparing to incorporate social justice principles into development plans in Arab countries. The guide aims to inform officials in charge of the formulation of policies and plans in Member States on how to integrate the social justice concepts and principles in their national development policies and plans and to explain the link between social justice and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and of relevant international conventions. |