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15 November 2017	ESCWA offsets all of its emissions for the first time, becoming Climate Neutral	According to the latest edition of Greening the Blue, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) has joined a number of UN entities in achieving climate neutrality for 2016. “ESCWA has an emissions reduction strategy in place and will soon work on establishing its Environmental Management System as well,” said Mohamed Ali Alhakim, Executive Secretary of the Regional Commission.
15 November 2017	Executive Secretary Visits Lebanese House Speaker	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
16 November 2017	Executive Secretary Visits Former PM Fouad Siniora	Beirut, 14 November 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim today visited former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Both sides discussed the ESCWA current and upcoming activities. It was also an occasion for both sides to discuss the current situation in Lebanon and the region.
16 November 2017	Executive Secretary Visits Head of Future Parliamentary Bloc	Beirut, 14 November 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim today visited head of the Future Parliamentary bloc, former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. During his visit, the Executive Secretary discussed with former PM Siniora the current situation in Lebanon and the region. *****
16 November 2017	Executive Secretary Visits Former PM Fouad Siniora	United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim visited on 14 November 2017 former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Both sides discussed the ESCWA current and upcoming activities. It was also an occasion for both sides to discuss the current situation in Lebanon and the region. *****
16 November 2017	Executive Secretary Visits Lebanese House Speaker	Beirut, 14 November 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim today visited Lebanese House Speaker, Nabih Berri. Both sides discussed the current activities undertaken by ESCWA. The two sides also discussed the current situation in Lebanon and the region.
17 November 2017	Women's Legal and Political Gains: Reflections on the Moroccan Experience and Possibilities for Change in Lebanon	23-24 November 2017 – 09:00 am – AUB, Beirut What: A conference on “Women’s Legal and Political Gains: Reflections on the Moroccan Experience and Possibilities for Change in Lebanon” organised by the Lebanese Association of Women Researchers (Bahithat), in cooperation with Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship and the Centre for Women at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA).
18 November 2017	UN to spotlight synergies and trade-offs of Global Goals in the Arab region	Interactions between the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is set to be a core focus of a regional meeting organized by the UN’s office in Beirut, Lebanon on Monday. “This meeting comes at a crucial time when everyone serving under the United Nations flag needs to respond to the UN Secretary-General’s ambitious reform agenda,” said Mohamed Ali Alhakim, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
19 November 2017	Aboul Gheit Tomorrow at ESCWA to Open Regional Coordination Mechanism Meeting	Beirut, 19 November (Communication and Information Unit)--The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is set to host the 23rd Meeting of the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) on 20-21 November 2017 at the United Nations House in Beirut.
21 November 2017	Aboul Gheit Opens 23rd Meeting of Regional Coordination Mechanism, Says Conflicts Delay Economic Development in the Region	Beirut, 21 November 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) – “The Arab World today is at a crossroads between promises and threats, promises of welfare and progress and threats of wars and terrorism… There are forces pulling the Arab region backwards, and in the meantime, there are forces pushing strongly towards change… They realise that development is a long-term project, and that sustaining development and maintaining it is harder than launching it.”

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