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| 11 December 2014 |
Ninth Session of ESCWA Committee on Energy Opens |
Director of ESCWA Sustainable Development and Productivity Division Roula Majdalani today said that much can be done to increase energy efficiency in most Arab countries, which, in coming years, will suffer from the dangers of falling short of meeting the increased demand for power that will rise by 115 percent during the years 2011-2020. Majdalani was speaking at the opening of the Ninth Session of ESCWA‘s Committee on Energy at the Regency Hotel, Kuwait. The Committee concludes tomorrow Thursday, and is attended by specialized representatives of ESCWA Member States. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA and ALI Launch Green Production Help Desk |
ESCWA, in cooperation with the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI), is holding a press conference on Thursday 27 June 2013 at 11h00 AM to launch their joint project entitled “Green Production Help Desk (GHD)”, at ALI premises in Sanayeh. Opening statements will be delivered by Nehmat Frem, Head of the Lebanese Industrialists Association, and Roula Majdalani, Director of ESCWA Sustainable Development and Productivity Division. A presentation will follow on the project and its work mechanism. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Cairo Hosts ESCWA Meeting on Middle Class in Arab Region |
Tapping into a yet unexplored area, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is holding a meeting on “Economics of middle class in the Arab region,” on 28 and 29 June 2013 in Sofitel El Gezirah Hotel, Zamalek, Cairo. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Regional Commission Discusses Implications of Syrian Crisis on Jordanian and Lebanese Economies |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is organizing an expert group meeting (EGM) on “The Implications of the Syrian Crisis on the Economies of Jordan and Lebanon” on Thursday, the 4th of July 2013 at its headquarters, Riad El Solh Square, Beirut. The meeting will be held with the participation of Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ibrahim Saif and Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Nicholas Nahas. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Releases 2012 Annual Report |
Under the overall message of “Go Forward”, ESCWA has launched its annual report for the year 2012, in Arabic and English. The report reviews a year of achievements for the regional commission against the backdrop of continued transitions and socio-economic challenges in the Arab region. It focuses on the seven key substantive areas of the ESCWA mandate: sustainable development, social development, economic development, information and communications technology, statistics, advancement of women, and conflict mitigation and development. |
| 11 December 2014 |
La CESAO publie son rapport annuel 2012 |
La Commission économique et sociale pour l’Asie occidentale (CESAO) a publié son rapport annuel de l’année 2012 intitulé « Allez de l’avant », en arabe et en anglais. Le rapport passe en revue les réalisations de la commission durant l’année 2012 qui était pourtant pleine de défis socio-économiques dans la région arabe. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA and League of Arab States Usher a New Era of Cooperation |
26 June 2013 saw the mutual signing at LAS headquarters in Cairo, of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the Executive Secretary of ESCWA, Ms. Rima Khalaf, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States (LAS), Mr. Nabil Al Arabi. The new MoU aims to develop and build on decades of cooperation between ESCWA and LAS, which has grown progressively since the signing of the original MoU between the two organizations in 1983. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Une nouvelle phase de coopération entre la CESAO et la ligue des états arabes |
Le 26 Juin 2013, la secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique et sociale pour l’Asie occidentale (CESAO) Rima Khalaf a signé un mémorandum d’accord avec le secrétaire général de la ligue des états arabes Nabil El Arabi, au siège de la ligue au Caire, pour développer la coopération entre les deux partis qui ne cessât de croitre au cours des dernières années. |
| 11 December 2014 |
The Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia Launched in Stockholm |
During the World Water Week held in Stockholm from 1 to 6 September 2013, ESCWA and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) launched the Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia, the first effort led by the United Nations to comprehensively identify and assess the state of transboundary surface and groundwater resources in the Middle East. |
| 11 December 2014 |
2013 Arab MDGs Report to Be Launched from New York |
On Monday the 23rd of September 2013, the United Nations Headquarters in New York will witness the launching of the Arab Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report 2013 in a ceremony, which will be held at 13:15 (1:15 pm). |