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| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Launches 2007 Report on Globalization |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader Omar AlDafa said Thursday that Arab states have achieved uneven results in 2006 in globalization. “Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Arab states has reached a record score of USD$62 billion and an average growth of 36 percent. This growth reflects the efforts exerted by most Arab states to lure FDI,” AlDafa said during a press conference held at the UN-House on the occasion of launching the “Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in Arab countries 2007”. |
| 11 December 2014 |
AlDafa: Arab Social Achievements But Social Spending Low |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Regional Commission and Hariri Foundation Hold Conference on Water, Food and Energy Nexus |
On 25 October 2013, ESCWA and the Rafik Hariri Foundation joined hands in organizing "Water, Food and Energy Nexus Conference" at the United Nations House in Beirut. Speakers in the conference were Roula Majdalani, Director of the ESCWA Sustainable Development and Productivity Division (SDPD); Salwa Siniora Baassiri, Director-General of the Rafik Hariri Foundation; Nadim Khoury, Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCWA. The event’s keynote speaker was Dominic Waughray, Senior Director and Head of Environment and Sustainable Initiatives of the World Economic Forum. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Regional Commission's Session Reviews Sustainable Development Progress |
The 28th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) continued its deliberations this afternoon, and assessed regional progress on sustainable development in the context of the move away from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a global process, which is being led by the world body. |
| 8 April 2019 |
UN Deputy Secretary-General calls for a transformation of the organization to empower those furthest behind |
Beirut, 8 April 2019 (ESCWA)--Ensuring the United Nations Development System is able to respond to the needs of member States to implement the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was at the core of the agenda of a high-level gathering in Beirut, Lebanon where the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed addressed members of United Nations regional agencies, the League of Arab States and other partners. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Sana'a Hosting the "Third Arab Statistical Forum" |
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| 7 December 2017 |
ESCWA Hosts Regional Discussions Next Week on Financing for Development |
Beirut, 01 December (Communication and Information Unit)--The Committee on Liberalization of Foreign trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development, holds its 12th Session on 04 and 05 December 2017 at the UN House in Beirut, Lebanon, with a focus on financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Arab region. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Deputy Executive Secretary Opens Meeting on Water-Energy Nexus, Raises Concerns on Achieving Sustainable Development |
ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Nadim Khouri opened today the consultative intergovernmental meeting on the “Water and Energy Nexus in the ESCWA Region” at the UN House in Beirut. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Deputy Executive Secretary Opens Meeting on Water-Energy Nexus, Raises Concerns on Achieving Sustainable Development |
ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Nadim Khouri opened today the consultative intergovernmental meeting on the “Water and Energy Nexus in the ESCWA Region” at the UN House in Beirut. |
| 21 December 2015 |
The Long Road to Social Justice in the Arab Region |
Oussama Safa, Chief of Participation and Social Justice Section at ESCWA said that the civil movement and peoples calls for social justice imposed new political and social contexts in some countries of the Arab region, where it was adopted by some through the drafting of new social contracts, and avoided or even curbed by others through violence. |