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| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Visits Oman, Participates in G77 Water Forum |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader Omar AlDafa considered today that the Regional Commission region sufferers from a variety of pressures that endanger the sustainability of its water resources. UN-ESCWA has therefore set the management of water resources at the top of its work priority and works to implement several projects to strengthen the good and sustainable management of these resources. AlDafa made these remarks in the first session of the Ministerial Forum on Water that the G77 and China are holding in Oman on 23-25 February. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA 27th Session to Discuss Rio+20 Regional Preparations |
Beirut, 2 May 2012 (ESCWA Communications and Information Unit)- The 27th Ministerial Session of ESCWA will take place two months ahead of Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. The Conference will mark the 20th anniversary of the World Earth Summit that took place in Rio de Janeiro and the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development that took place in Johannesburg, South Africa. |
| 26 February 2015 |
Annual Meeting of the Arab Internet Governance ForumUnder Auspices of Lebanese Telecom Minister and ESCWA Executive Secretary |
Under the auspices of Lebanese Minister of Telecommunications Boutros Harb and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf and with the strategic partnership of the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications and Ogero Telecom, ESCWA hosts the Third Annual Meeting of the Arab Internet Governance Forum (AIGF-III) on 26 and 27 November 2014, at the Movenpick Hotel, Beirut. The event will be preceded on 25 November by a workshop for capacity building on Internet governance. |
| 20 March 2019 |
Second Arab High-level Forum on WSIS and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development kicks off |
Beirut, 19 March 2019 (ESCWA)—The Second Arab High-level Forum on World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development today kicked off at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) as part of a three-day event in partnership with the ITU Arab Regional Office ( |
| 11 December 2014 |
2010 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
Don’t take soil and water for granted! This is the message that the United Nations tries to convey to the world every year on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought whose slogan for this year is “Enhancing Soils Anywhere Enhances Life Everywhere,” and which is in line with the theme of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity. |
| 6 January 2016 |
ESCWA and 3rd Session of the AFSRSD |
On 10-12 December 2015, ESCWA partnered with the Arab League Education, Culture and Science Organization (ALECSO) in organizing the 3rd Session of the Arab Forum for Scientific Research and Sustainable Development (AFSRSD), which was held in Beirut under the auspicious of Lebanese Minister of Administrative Reform Nabil de Freije. |
| 11 December 2014 |
2010 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
Don't take soil and water for granted! This is the message that the United Nations tries to convey to the world every year on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought whose slogan for this year is "Enhancing Soils Anywhere Enhances Life Everywhere," and which is in line with the theme of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.
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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Sees Knowledge, Professional Challenge in Arab Spring Commission Launches Millennium Goals Report in Time of Transition |
Beirut, 21 February 2012 (UN Information Services) — Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today said the Arab Spring is a knowledge and professional challenge for United Nations agencies which these organizations do not shun, and have rather begun to reconsider the development paradigm itself building on lessons from this experience. |
| 21 April 2015 |
ESCWA Sees Knowledge, Professional Challenge in Arab Spring Commission Launches Millennium Goals Report in Time of Transition |
Beirut, 21 February 2012 (UN Information Services) — Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today said the Arab Spring is a knowledge and professional challenge for United Nations agencies which these organizations do not shun, and have rather begun to reconsider the development paradigm itself building on lessons from this experience. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Syrian Experts Urge Geneva II Parties to Seize Historic Opportunity |
Syrian experts met on 20-21 January 2014 within the framework of the “National Agenda for the Future of Syria” project launched by ESCWA in august 2012, and urged the Syrian people and all participants in the Geneva II process to seize this historic opportunity to stop the crisis in Syria and allow the recovery process of their country to begin for the benefit of all Syrians. |