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| 29 September 2017 |
Executive Secretary Discusses with Libyan Official Mutual Cooperation |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim received on Wednesday 27 September 2017 Libya’s State Minister of Displaced and Migrant Affairs Youssof Abu Baker Jalala at the UN House in Beirut. Both officials discussed cooperation between ESCWA and Libya. Jalala commended the efforts of ESCWA and the organizers of the Regional Consultative Meeting on International Migration in the Arab Region held in Beirut on 26-27 September 2017. |
| 29 September 2017 |
Executive Secretary Receives Sudan’s Interior Minister |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim received on Wednesday 28 September 2017 Sudan’s Minister of Interior Hamid Mannan Mirghani at the UN House in Beirut. Both officials discussed enhancing cooperation between ESCWA and Sudan. The meeting was also attended by Sudan’s Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Al-Sadeq Ali; Director of the Immigration Department, Brigadier-General Mahmoud Suleiman Mohammed; and Sudan’s Secretary-General for Migration Korar Tohwamy. |
| 2 October 2017 |
Costing the Economic Impact of Violence against Women in the Arab Region to Be Released This Week |
Date: Monday, October 2, 2017 |
| 3 October 2017 |
Executive Secretary Receives Tunisian Ambassador to Lebanon |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim received on Thursday 28 September 2017 Tunisian Ambassador to lebanon Mohamed Kareem Bodali. Both officials discussed boosting cooperation between ESCWA and Tunis. |
| 3 October 2017 |
Palestinian Minister of Environment Visits ESCWA, Meets Executive Secretary |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim received on Thursday 28 September Palestinian Minister of Environment Adala Al-Atira. Both officials discussed enhancing cooperation between ESCWA and Palestine in the field of Environment and Development. |
| 5 October 2017 |
8TH Session of ESCWA Committee on Women Kicks off in Presence of Arab Concerned Ministers and Experts |
Beirut, 04 October 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) – United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim, today said: "Even as we welcome the positive developments with regard to guaranteeing equality and social justice in Arab societies and reforms aimed at enhancing women’s rights and their participation in community building, we should not overlook the tremendous challenges facing our region. |
| 6 October 2017 |
8TH Session of ESCWA Committee on Women Kicks off in Presence of Arab Concerned Ministers and Experts |
Beirut, 04 October 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) – United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim, today said: "Even as we welcome the positive developments with regard to guaranteeing equality and social justice in Arab societies and reforms aimed at enhancing women’s rights and their participation in community building, we should not overlook the tremendous challenges facing our region. |
| 7 October 2017 |
8th Session of ESCWA Committee on Women Kicks off in Presence of Arab Concerned Ministers and Experts |
Beirut, 04 October 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) – United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim, today said: "Even as we welcome the positive developments with regard to guaranteeing equality and social justice in Arab societies and reforms aimed at enhancing women’s rights and their participation in community building, we should not overlook the tremendous challenges facing our region. |
| 13 October 2017 |
Sudan Hosts 11th Session of the ESCWA Committee on Social Development |
Beirut, 13 October 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) – Representatives of concerned ministries in member States of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) will gather in Khartoum on 17-18 October 2017 to participate in the 11th Session of the Commission’s Committee on Social Development. The Session will be held in the Corinthia Hotel. Delegates of relevant regional and international organizations will be also participate in the event as observers. |
| 16 October 2017 |
8th Session of ESCWA Committee on Women |
A crowd of Arab ministers and experts have agreed on the importance of ESCWA continuing to support National Women’s Machineries in order to estimate the economic cost of violence against women in the Arab region and to implement the Action Plan for Gender Equality in line with the specificities of States. They also stressed the need to continue to support the capacity building of the Arab States to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |