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21 February 2018	Mother language as a tool of self-expression and openness to the world	The United Nations marks today the International Mother Language Day. At the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Arabic, English and French are the official working languages. But the regional commission headquarters in Beirut gathers employees from all over the world who bring along a rich mixture of languages and identities.
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.
11 December 2014	Sixth Session of the Committee on Energy	UN-ESCWA held the Sixth Session of the Committee on Energy in Doha, Qatar, from 4 to 5 February 2007, which was chaired by Mr. Issa Shaheen Al-Ghanem, Vice President of Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation "KAHRAMAA" and Member of the Energy Committee representing Qatar.
5 November 2019	ESCWA partakes in several international and regional events	Beirut, 1 November 2019 (ESCWA)--Over the past two weeks, staff members from ESCWA partook in a series of events on the topics of climate change and food security, environment, green economy, and water.
28 April 2020	ESCWA & ILO hold an Arab social protection experts meeting to face the COVID-19 crisis	Beirut, 28 April 2020 (ESCWA)--In a region suffering from high rates of poverty and unemployment, and marred with conflict and displacement, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is devastating.
11 December 2014	ESCWA Technical Committee Meets in Beirut	Beirut, 1 December 2011 (UN Information Service) — 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	Brainstorming Meeting on UN-ESCWA Achievements in LCD
11 December 2014	Ministerial Session Gathers Eminent Thinkers, Discusses Social Justice and the New Development Approach	Eminent Arab thinkers met today, at the 28th ministerial session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), held in Tunis, to discuss the theme “Social justice in the policies of Arab States”. The first ministerial panel tackled the topic “Social justice and the new development approach”, discussing the absence of consensus over the definition of social justice and social protection; and the importance of social, economic and political participation as tools for achieving social justice.
10 December 2016	Conclusion of this Year’s 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign	ESCWA, in partnership with the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University, ABAAD Resource Centre for Gender Equality and UN-Women Regional Office for Arab States, organized a series of activities and events to commemorate the 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence for the year 2016.
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.

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