Beirut, 19 April 2019 (ESCWA)--Early April, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) welcomed UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at its headquarters in Beirut for several high-level meetings, namely the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD), with one key message at the core of them all: the 2030 Agenda goes beyond goals and way beyond 2030; it is about serving people – every

Beirut, 23 April 2019 (ESCWA)--The Arab civil society regional consultative workshop on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action after 25 years, concluded with a set of recommendations that will feed into the 5th Comprehensive Nationa

Beirut, 14 May 2019 (ESCWA)--Recent studies show that youth unemployment’s rates in the Arab region are twice as high as the global average and 40% of the Arab population is suffering from multi-dimensional poverty. In this context, a 2-day expert group meeting (EGM) at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut discussed “Leaving No One Behind: Reaching the Most Marginalized in Selected Countries in the Arab Region,” namely Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia.