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| 11 December 2014 |
Arab High Level Forum on Sustainable Development |
On 2-4 April 2014, the Jordanian capital Amman hosted the “Arab High Level Forum on Sustainable Development” organized by ESCWA in cooperation with Ministries of Planning and International Cooperation and of Environment in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the League of Arab States (LAS) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The Forum, which was inaugurated by HRH Prince Hassan Bin Talal, gathered a crowd of government officials, officials from the United Nations and its specialized agencies, LAS specialized agencies, funding institutions and the civil society. |
| 1 February 2018 |
Ambassadors from Arab region and ESCWA leadership discuss priorities for 2018 |
Beirut, 30 January 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)---A dozen ambassadors from Arab countries were at the United Nations’ regional commission in Beirut on Tuesday to discuss common priorities for 2018 that will build on economic and social progress achieved in 2017. |
| 11 December 2014 |
The United Nations Discusses Palestine |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Needs of Arab States the Focus of UNESCWA Brainstorming Session |
Challenges facing the future of the region and the role of UNESCWA in light of them are the focus of a two-day meeting that began today at the UN House, Beirut. Arab officials and highly skilled experts and intellectuals gathered to brainstorm on the “Role of UNESCWA in Servicing its Member States, the Next Five Years.” |
| 10 December 2019 |
New UN Report: Bold legal reforms in some Arab countries can inspire accelerated progress across the region towards Gender Justice & Equality before the law |
Amman, 10 December 2019 – A new report that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) launched today, observes that women and girls have benefited from reforms affecting core aspects of their lives as specific provisions within penal, labour, family and nationality codes have been revised and updated, in some Arab countries over the past decade. |
| 11 August 2015 |
Asia-Pacific Remains Largest Export Destination for Arab Region |
ESCWA Director of Economic Development and Integration Division (EDID), Moctar Mohamed El Hacene, today said, “The Asia-Pacific region remains the largest export destination for the Arab region, particularly Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Mauritania, and Yemen; and the deepening of inter-regional economic linkage has been remarked in the area of foreign direct investment and Islamic finance.” |
| 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). |
| 30 April 2020 |
ESCWA launches the second phase of its Libya Socioeconomic Dialogue project to support the Libyans in formulating a development vision for their future |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) launched the second phase of its "Libya Socioeconomic Dialogue Project” in a first online session, which brought together a number of Libyan citizens from various backgrounds representing the different segments of Libyan society. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Information Economy Report 2010 Launched in Beirut |
Beirut, 14 October 2010 (UN Information Service) — The UN Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC-Beirut) launched today the Information Economy Report (IER) 2010, entitled “Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation.” The report was issued by the Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). |
| 7 December 2017 |
ESCWA Hosts Regional Discussions Next Week on Financing for Development |
Beirut, 01 December (Communication and Information Unit)--The Committee on Liberalization of Foreign trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development, holds its 12th Session on 04 and 05 December 2017 at the UN House in Beirut, Lebanon, with a focus on financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Arab region. |