“Wherever they may be, Palestinians have suffered from the discriminatory policies pursued by successive Israeli Governments. Attempts by one ethnic or religious group to dominate another are inherently no different from the apartheid regime that the world thought had been eradicated in South Africa in the 1990s.” United Nations Undersecretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf said.
 

          Beirut, 22 September (Communication and Information Unit)—A crowd of ministers, high-level dignitaries and governmental and non-governmental experts will gather in Beirut next week to participate in the “High-Level Conference on Climate Impact Assessment and Adaptation in the Arab Region”, which ESCWA is co-organizing with 11 institutions under the auspices of Lebanese President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri, from 26 to 28 September at the Hilton Sin El Fil Hotel.

On 25 February 2014, UN Undersecretary General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf launched from Tunis a remarkable report entitled “Arab Integration: A 21st Century Development Imperative” with the participation of Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, former Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and a crowd of political, economic, intellectual and public figures. Media representatives who took part in the ceremony received a press kit, which we will re-publish over five parts, in view of the importance of the issues the Report addresses.

Ministerial delegates participating in the 24th Ministerial Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) called on member countries to make available up-to-date and precise national statistics on youth unemployment; and collect periodic data on all youth-related issues, including employment, education and health, from such sources as administrative records, population censuses, and household and specialized surveys, with a view to establishing national databases on the issues of employment and unemployment and their implications for youth, and for