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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Opens Reform and Transition to Democracy Meeting |
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on those who believe in a future of freedom and dignity to come together and help people of the region and their leaders to write the next chapters. He said that from the very beginning of these revolutions, from Tunisia through Egypt and beyond, he has called on leaders to listen to their people, a call that some heeded and benefitted while others did not, and today are facing the storm. "I say again to President Assad of Syria: Stop the violence. Stop killing your own people. The path of repression is a dead end," he demanded. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Launches 2007 Report on Globalization |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader Omar AlDafa said Thursday that Arab states have achieved uneven results in 2006 in globalization. “Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Arab states has reached a record score of USD$62 billion and an average growth of 36 percent. This growth reflects the efforts exerted by most Arab states to lure FDI,” AlDafa said during a press conference held at the UN-House on the occasion of launching the “Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in Arab countries 2007”. |
| 11 December 2014 |
On Ageing in the Arab World |
In April 2002, delegates of 160 governments, intergovernmental institutions and NGOs came together at the United Nations Second World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid, Spain, in order to revise the Vienna Plan on Ageing and establish a long-term strategy for aging populations. The Assembly adopted a document entitled the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), which commits governments to integrate the rights and needs of older persons into national, as well as international, economic and social development policies. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Regional Commission and Carnegie Middle East Partner to Discuss 2013 Arab MDGs Report |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and Carnegie Middle East Centre are organizing a panel discussion on “The Arab Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report: Facing Challenges and Looking Beyond 2015” to be held at 10:00 am on Friday, the 15th of November 2013 at the UN House, Riad El-Solh Square, Beirut. This panel discussion is a follow up to the launching ceremony of the 2013 Arab MDGs Report that took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in September of this year. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Launches Report on Globalization and Regional Integration 2007 |
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| 22 September 2015 |
Casablanca Hosts Workshop on Innovative Technologies for Waste Management in Arab Region |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is currently leading efforts to strengthen national capacities in the Arab region on developing green production sectors. On 29-30 September, ESCWA, in partnership with the Economic Commission for Africa’s Sub-regional Office for North Africa (ECA/SRO-NA) and the Moroccan Cleaner Production Center (CMPP), organizes a regional workshop at the Golden Tulip Farah Casablanca Hotel, Morocco, entitled “Innovative Technologies for Waste Management in the Arab Region-Paving the Way for the Transition to a Green Economy.” |
| 11 December 2014 |
The Convention on International Multimodal |
UN-ESCWA 25th Session, held under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Yemen, Mr. Ali Abdullah Saleh, opens at the Ministerial level at 10 AM on Wednesday 28 May 2008, at Movenpick Hotel-Sana’a. It will witness a number of significant events, such as the adoption and signature of the Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods in the Arab Mashreq. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA to Hold Inter-regional Seminar on the Economic Assessment of International Transport Linkages and Transport Facilitation |
Under the patronage of Egyptian Minister of Transport Mohammad Mansour, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) is holding the “Inter-regional Seminar on the Economic Assessment of International Transport Linkages and on Transport Facilitation” at the Grand Tiba Rose Hotel (the Air force Defense Club), Cairo, on 26-28 June 2007. |
| 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. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Palestine Day at UN-ESCWA |