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| 20 July 2020 |
ESCWA wins at GEO-GEE competition |
The ESCWA project on "Monitoring Disasters’ Impacts on Land Cover in Coastal Zones of Egypt" was selected for funding by GEO and GEE out of over 50 competing submissions from around the world. |
| 21 February 2018 |
Social Justice reflected in Gibran Khalil Gibran’s work takes center stage at ESCWA |
As the global community marked World Day of Social Justice, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) held a special event in Beirut celebrating equality and justice in the work of Gibran Khalil Gibran, the famous Lebanese writer, and philosopher. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Marks Int’l Women’s Day, Urges Media Focus on Rural Women, Ending Stereotypes |
Beirut, 7 March 2012 (United Nations Information Centre) — The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the UN Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC) today marked the International Women’s Day (IWD), holding two roundtables that recommended emphasizing the needs of rural and poor women and introducing laws to protect women from stereotypical images in the media. |
| 27 January 2021 |
Western Asia: slow recovery expected in 2021 |
Deteriorating fiscal positions cloud recovery prospects, says new UN report
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| 11 December 2014 |
On World Water Day: UNESCWA Says Region Facing Dangerous Strategic Challenge |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA), one of the regional bodies of the UN, said Western Asia is facing a dangerous strategic challenge in relation to the water situation given that the origin of most water in the region lies outside it. This statement came in an UNESCWA statement on the occasion of World Water Day, 22 March 2006. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Technical Committee Meets in Beirut |
ESCWA Executive Secretariat opened today the Sixth Meeting of the Technical Committee at the UN House in Beirut. The meeting will conclude tomorrow Friday 2 December. |
| 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 |
The Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Arab Countries, 2006 |
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| 11 December 2014 |
UN Launches Millennium Development Goals Report 2011 Western Asia Betters Maternal, Children Survival and Health |
Beirut, 7 July 2011 (United Nations Information Service) – A United Nations report released today on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) showed that Western Asia made good progress in improving the survival and health of mothers and children, as maternal deaths declined by 52 percent between 1990 and 2008 largely due to increases in skilled attendance at birth, skilled antenatal care and contraceptive use, as well as a drop in adolescent childbearing. |