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| 20 January 2017 |
Promoting Innovation for Inclusive Sustainable Development |
ESCWA co-organized a session on Innovation Policies for Socio-Economic Sustainable Development as part of the Fourth Session of the Arab Forum for Scientific Research and Sustainable Development, held under the auspices of Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ashraf al Shihi, on 16-18 December 2016. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Celebrates 10th Anniversary of 1325 and Launches Study on Women’s Role in Conflicts and Conflict-Resolution |
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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 |
| 24 July 2019 |
UNSG report on the Israeli occupation in Palestine and the Golan: Continued violations against Palestinians and the illegality of the annexation of the Syrian Golan |
Beirut, 24 July 2019 (ESCWA)--In a periodic report, the United Nations reiterated the illegality of a number of Israeli policies and practices in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, some of which may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Such policies and practices include discrimination, collective punishment, forcible transfer, and the excessive and unlawful use of force. |
| 25 September 2017 |
Beirut Hosts Tomorrow Regional Consultation on International Migration in the Arab Region |
Beirut, 25 September 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) – ESCWA, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the League of Arab States (LAS) have joined hands to organize the Regional Consultation on International Migration in the Arab Region on 26-27 September 2017 at the UN House, Riad el-Solh Square, Beirut. |
| 10 October 2020 |
ICC and United Nations launch Centre of Entrepreneurship in Beirut to support small businesses in the Arab region |
Beirut and Paris, 9 October 2020 – The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) have launched the ICC-ESCWA Centre of Entrepreneurship (CoE) to inspire entrepreneurial innovation and improve the business environment for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Arab region. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Review of the Millenium Development Goals on Agenda of UNESCWA 24th Ministerial Session |
Participants in the UNESCWA 24th Ministerial Session are due to discuss Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the UNESCWA Region based on a report prepared by UNESCWA in 2005 with the collaboration of several United Nations agencies in the region. The report was prepared in order to facilitate the review of follow-up action by policymakers aimed at achieving the MDGs by 2015. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Al Ain Hosts a UN-ESCWA Meeting on demographic Analysis and Development |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) is organizing, in collaboration with the Office of Research Affairs of the United Arab Emirates University, a workshop on “Strengthening the Skills of Demographers and Population Experts in Demographic Analysis and its Relationship with Development”, on 5 and 6 December 2007, in Al Ain Rotana Hotel, United Arab Emirates. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Ministerial Session Gathers Eminent Thinkers, Discusses Social Justice and the New Development Approach |
Eminent Arab thinkers met today, at the 28th ministerial session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), held in Tunis, to discuss the theme “Social justice in the policies of Arab States”. The first ministerial panel tackled the topic “Social justice and the new development approach”, discussing the absence of consensus over the definition of social justice and social protection; and the importance of social, economic and political participation as tools for achieving social justice. |
| 9 May 2018 |
ESCWA Capacity Building Workshop on Innovation Policies for SDGs in the Arab Region |
Beirut, 24 April 2018 (Communication and Information Unit) – The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) has recently gathered 31 mid to high-level representatives, including 18 females, from concerned ministries, as well as experts involved in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), to participate in a five-day Capacity Building Workshop on Innovation Policies for Sustainable Developm |