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18 December 2018 |
Timely need to transit to sustainable energy systems for current and future generations, says ESCWA-AUB conference |
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11 December 2014 |
Reviewing Arab Development Patterns, Creating Sustainable Development Bodies Urged Arab Regional Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20 Calls for Civil Society Role in Development |
Cairo, 17 Oct 2011 (UN Information Service) — Officials and experts participating in a meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) called for seizing the opportunity of political and social changes of the Arab Spring to review adopted patterns of development with a view to addressing sustainable development challenges in the Arab region. Participants agreed that failures in achieving development is mainly attributed to developed countries’ evasion of their obligations towards developing ones, as provided for in international conventions. |
12 August 2019 |
At ESCWA, Lebanese youth discuss linkages between innovation and sustainable development |
Beirut, 09 August 2019 (ESCWA)--On Thursday 8 August, 200 young Lebanese women and men, aged between 18 and 30, got together at ESCWA to mark International Youth Day under the theme “Youth Innovation for Lebanon’s Sustainable Development”. |
26 February 2015 |
The International Comparison Program in a Nutshell |
The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a global statistical initiative aimed at estimating purchasing power parities (PPPs) that are used to convert gross domestic product (GDP) and its components from national currency denominations into common international currency units at equal price. Today, the ICP has become not only the largest international statistical program in the world, but also the most complex, involving 199 countries worldwide. |
3 June 2020 |
ESCWA: 31 Arab billionaires own as much wealth as half of the region’s population |
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15 May 2018 |
Senior Iraqi delegation discusses enhancing cooperation with ESCWA |
Among the important efforts of Iraq to drive economic and social development after years of conflict, a senior Iraqi delegation led by the Secretary General of the Iraqi Council of Ministers, Mahdi Al-Allaq, and accompanied by the Iraqi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Al Ameri, recently met with the Executive Secretary of ESCWA, Mohamed Ali Alhakim, and senior officials from his team. |
23 January 2019 |
Arab states getting ready for national reviews of Beijing Declaration |
Beirut, 21 January 2019 (Communication and Information Unit)--Twenty-five years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, states around the world will submit next May their fifth comprehensive national reviews of the progress made and challenges encountered in its implementation. |
26 February 2015 |
Bolster Food and Water Security in the Arab region |
On 11 December 2014, ESCWA and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) launched of a four-year project to bolster food and water security in the Arab region. SIDA has donated USD 2.7 million while the contribution of ESCWA will amount to USD 0.8 million. The project generates unique national and regional data on the present and future situation of food and water security; design coordinated regional policies to enhance food and water security; and help governments respond to dwindling arable lands and increased water scarcity, while meeting growing food needs. |
1 December 2020 |
Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen & ESCWA sign an agreement to support development plans in Yemen |
Beirut-Riyadh, 30 November 2020--Yemen has been struggling for decades with multiple challenges, including a fragile infrastructure, and high rates of poverty and food insecurity, which have placed it among the world’s least developed countries. This situation has prompted international and regional organizations concerned with development in Yemen to work together on formulating development programmes to address these challenges, including through studies, research and projects aimed at combating poverty and achieving the internationally agreed development goals. |
11 August 2015 |
Executive Secretary Says Occupation is Assault on Dignity and Negation of Freedoms |
ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf today said, “Occupation is Assault on Dignity and Negation of Freedoms.” Khalaf was speaking in a side event organized by the UN regional commissions on the sidelines of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development. The side event was attended by ministers from the different world regions, as well as civil society organizations and UN agencies. |