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20 April 2017	ESCWA to Issue Report on Disability in Arab Region for 2017	The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) held on 11 and 12 April 2017 an expert group meeting at the UN House in Beirut to discuss its upcoming report entitled “Disability in the Arab Region 2017: Strengthening Social Protection for Persons with Disabilities.” The report will provide an update to the ESCWA first flagship report on Disability in the Arab Region, published in 2014 with the League of Arab States.
11 March 2019	Arab calls for better environmental education and green jobs	Beirut-Cairo, 28 February 2019 (ESCWA)—Achieving development in the Arab region and safeguarding natural resources is possible through reinforcing environmental education and promoting green jobs.
27 September 2018	The 6th ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC) Technical Committee Meeting	The 6^th ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC) Technical Committee Meeting *Achieving green technology in the Arab region* Amman, Jordan, 2-3 October 2018
11 December 2014	Transport Issues Debated in ESCWA
11 December 2014	Major Challenges Facing the Region on the Agenda of the First ESCWA Arab Economics Forum	Mr. Marwan Kheireddine, Lebanese Minister of State, Dr. Rima Khalaf, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCWA, Ambassador Angelina Eichhorst, Head of the Delegation of the European Union, and Mr. Rida Saidi, Tunisia’s Minister of Economy, will open the First ESCWA Arab Economics Forum at 10:00 am on Friday 23 November 2012 at the ESCWA headquarters, Riad Solh Square, Beirut. The Forum will conclude on 24 November 2012.
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.
22 March 2018	Water and Energy priorities in Arab region to be focus of upcoming events at ESCWA	What: Arab Preparatory Meeting on Energy-related Issues for the 2018 Arab Forum on Sustainable Development and the High Level Political Forum (27-28 March 2018); Regional Preparatory Meeting on Water Issues for the 2018 Arab Forum on Sustainable Development and High Level Political Forum (28-29 March 2018). When:
11 December 2014	Statement by Acting Executive Secretary of ESCWA on Macroeconomic Policies to Promote Pro-Poor Growth Strategy
11 December 2014	World Water Day at ESCWA Urged Optimizing Water Use	Beirut, 22 March 2012 (UN Information Services) — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said agriculture is by far the main user of freshwater, and unless we increase our capacity to wisely manage its use, we will fail to end hunger and we will open the door to a range of other ills, including drought, famine and political instability. The admonition came in a message by Ban on the occasion of the World Water Day, which was marked today by at the UN House in Beirut by ESCWA, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC).
11 December 2014	ESCWA Discusses Social Protection as Development	ESCWA today opened a workshop on “Social Protection as Development” at the UN House in Beirut with the aim of developing effective and integrated systems in this field. The workshop’s opening was attended by Palestinian Minister of Social Affairs Magida El Masri, Jordanian Minister of Labor Mahmoud Kafawin, ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Nadim Khoury and Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs’ representative Randa Bou Hamdan.

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