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11 December 2014 |
Human Settlements Tackled Next Week at UNESCWA |
The Arab Regional Conference for the Ten Year Review and Appraisal of the Outcome of HABITAT II “Ten Years after Istanbul: Call for Equity” will be held from 11 to 13 April at the UN House, Beirut. |
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). |
11 December 2014 |
UNESCWA to Host the Eleventh Meeting of the UN Regional Coordination Group |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) will be hosting the Eleventh Meeting of the United Nations Regional Coordination Group on 19-20 June 2006 at the United Nations House, Riadh El Solh Square, Beirut. The Meeting, which will be opened by UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy at 5:00 pm on Monday, is intended to coordinate the work of UN Agencies in the region in order to avoid duplication and repetition of their activities. |
11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Celebrates 1st World Statistics Day under Auspices of Lebanese PM Hariri |
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11 December 2014 |
Lebanese Agriculture Minister Opens ESCWA Workshop on Sustainable Agricultural Production |
ESCWA today held a workshop on “Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) to promote sustainable agricultural production, food quality and safety, environmental protection and trade in the Arab Region,” at the UN House in Beirut. The workshop was organized in cooperation with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and under the patronage of the Lebanese Minister of Agriculture Hussein Al Hajj Hassan. |
11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA and ICANN to Develop Arabic Domain Names |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) have recently jointed hands to give a boost to the development of internationalized domain names (IDNs) in Arabic according to a memorandum of understanding signed between both parties. |
17 November 2016 |
Innovation as Driver of Sustainable Development Goals |
Under the overall umbrella of pushing forth the Sustainable Development Agenda, and precisely, innovation, in the Arab region, ESCWA gathered more than 60 experts from its member countries and from selected developed countries in its Beirut-based headquarters to discuss “Mechanisms to Advance Innovation for Inclusive Sustainable Development in the Arab Region.” |
19 February 2016 |
Energy policy in the Arab Region |
ESCWA recently issued a publication entitled “Analysis of Energy Policy Trends in the Arab Region” (click here to access the publication and/or download it). This publication attempts to provide an analysis of the past national policy trends that shaped the evolution of the domestic energy situation in the Arab region, as well as the present policies and institutions that are in place. |
7 January 2019 |
Executive Committee Fifth meeting discusses current and future work of ESCWA |
Beirut, 28 December 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)--Challenges to development in the region and suggested orientations for the future work of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) were thoroughly discussed in Beirut at the fifth meeting of the Executive Committee in charge of steering and coordinating all the activities of the Commission. |
21 January 2016 |
Wars and low oil prices slow economic activity in Western Asia, says UN report |
Beirut, 21 January 2016 (Communication and Information Unit)--Military conflicts and the slump in oil prices, combined with a world economy that stumbled in 2015, are holding back economic growth in Western Asia according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016 report that was released today.
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