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| 11 December 2014 |
Tallawy Heads First UNESCWA Advisory Committee Meeting After War, Says Bulk of Technical Cooperation Activities to Focus on Lebanon Assistance |
The regular meeting of the UNESCWA Advisory Committee began with a word from Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy saluting the Lebanese people who “persevered during the destructive war that raged on, inflicting death and displacement.” She also saluted the governments and Arab peoples who “rushed to assist Lebanon in its plight and provided whatever they could.” |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Opens Sixth Session of Trade Liberalization, Globalization Committee |
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Bader AlDafa, today called for strengthening inter-Arab trade and investments, the advancement of trade, and promotion of the private sector and investment to ward off repercussions of the global financial crisis and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). |
| 11 December 2014 |
The Phoenix |
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| 10 October 2018 |
Workshop highlights tools, actions to implement ‘Open Government’ in the Arab region |
Beirut, 05 October 2018 (Communication and Information Unit) – Achieving “open government” in the Arab region was the focus of a recent workshop held at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut, where the regional commission’s experts presented tools and actions to develo |
| 11 December 2014 |
UNESCWA Conference Reviews Arab Gains in Housing |
The Director of the UNESCWA Sustainable Development and Productivity Division, Ms. Anhar Hegazi today said, “Despite the achievements of Arab countries in answering the basic needs of their populations, including providing housing, infrastructure, and social and service sectors as well as ensuring the continuity of these efforts, the absence of equal rights and the gap in answering the basic needs of various social segments represents a major threat to development results and to achieving sustainability. |
| 3 December 2018 |
Workshop highlights tools and actions to implement road safety in the Arab region |
Beirut, 28 November 2018 (Communication and Information Unit) – The number of road fatalities in the Arab region in 2013 increased by 1.05% compared with 2010, while it should have declined by 9.3% to achieve results consistent with the United Nations Road Safety Decade. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Flag-Raising Ceremony for Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia in front of UN House Executive Secretary Says Arab Integration Can no Longer Remain a Purely Intellectual Luxury |
Beirut, 18 September 2012 (ESCWA Communication and Information Unit) –UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Rima Khalaf today said that full Arab integration, which takes into account its economic, social and cultural dimensions, can no longer remain a purely intellectual luxury. Rather, it is a strategic choice and a fundamental prerequisite of an Arab renaissance, which can provide security and welfare for people, and prosperity and invincibility for countries. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Kuwait Hosts Ninth Session of ESCWA Committee on Energy |
The ninth session of the ESCWA Committee on Energy will begin on 12 June 2013 at 10:00AM in the Regency Hotel of Kuwait City with the participation of representatives from member countries specialized in the field of Energy. The election of the session’s officers will follow in accordance with the Arabic alphabetical order employed by the United Nations, whereby Libya will assume the chairmanship of the Session, Lebanon and Egypt the vice-chairmanship and Morocco the role of rapporteur. |
| 21 April 2015 |
Justice and Equality for Women in the Arab Region |
"Towards Justice and Equality for Women in the Arab Region" was the title of the Arab High Level Conference on Beijing+20, which was hosted by the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on 2 and 3 February 2015 at Sofitel Hotel, El-Gezirah. |
| 11 December 2014 |
KUWAIT HOSTS ACD SUMMIT |
On 15-17 October 2012, Kuwait City hosted the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Summit with the participation of the heads of 31 Asian countries, who gathered to exchange dialogue on various political, social, economic, scientific and media issues. |