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| 7 March 2018 |
ESCWA urges Arab countries to make women’s rights ‘reality’ and build on legal reforms |
Beirut, 06 March 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) – As the global community prepares to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) on Tuesday urged Arab countries to make women’s rights and their protection from discrimination “a reality.” |
| 11 December 2014 |
Cairo Hosts Tenth Session of ESCWA Statistical Committee |
The Tenth Session of ESCWA Statistical Committee was hosted on 30 and 31 January 2013 at the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) in the Egyptian Capital Cairo. The Committee gathered heads of national statistical offices in the ESCWA region, and concerned parties and experts from local and international organizations. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Arab Ministers to Discuss Means of Facing Youth Unemployment in Region |
Arab Ministers will discuss ways of facing youth unemployment in Western Asia in a roundtable to be held during the UNESCWA 24th Ministerial Session from 10 to 11 May 2006 at the UN House, Beirut, under the patronage of Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri. |
| 22 September 2015 |
Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development Essential for Government Leaders |
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| 15 December 2016 |
Ministers of ESCWA Member Countries Discuss National Challenges to 2030 Agenda Implementation |
As part of its ministerial 29th Session, ESCWA held on 14 December 2016 a ministerial discussion panel on the “Challenges Facing the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda at the National Level” with the participation of Arab ministers and prominent figures. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Yemen Hosts UN-ESCWA 25th Session |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Regional UN Meeting Discusses “Arab Spring” |
The pro-democratic uprisings sweeping the region dominated the agenda of the 15th Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) Meeting, which was held 1 June at the UN House in Beirut and brought together regional directors and officials from 22 UN agencies and other international and regional organizations as well as partners in the Arab region. The role of the RCM is to facilitate policy coherence in economic and social development in the region among UN actors and with key regional stakeholders. |
| 13 February 2021 |
ESCWA, the Supreme Council for Women and the Royal University for Women in Bahrain establish a Women’s Research Centre |
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Supreme Council for Women (SCW) and the Royal University for Women (RUW) in the Kingdom of Bahrain agreed today to establish the RUW Women’s Research Centre. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Amman Hosts Seventh Meeting of ESCWA Technical Committee |
The Jordanian capital Amman hosted the Seventh Meeting of the ESCWA Technical Committee on 18 and 19 March 2013, in the ESCWA Technology Center in the Royal Scientific Society. During the opening of the meeting, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf said that in the coming period, ESCWA will expand its activities that support the resolutions of the Third Arab Economic, Social and Development Summit held in Riyadh last January, which are concerned with Arab regional integration. |
| 26 April 2018 |
Arab Forum for Sustainable Development concludes on ways to safeguard natural resources for future generations |
Beirut, 26 April 2018 (Communication and Information Unit) --The Arab Forum for Sustainable Development concluded on Thursday at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) with multistakeholders agreeing on key messages related to natural resources and ways to safeguard them for future generations. |