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| 30 September 2019 |
Review of the regional progress report on implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action |
Beirut, 26 September 2019 (ESCWA)--About 50 Arab and global experts concluded today at ESCWA discussions of a regional report on progress made by Arab countries in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which will be launched on 28 November. |
| 7 March 2019 |
Regional launch of global awareness campaign for the good treatment of children with disabilities |
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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Meeting Adopts Damascus Declaration |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Lions Honors the United Nations |
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| 2 September 2016 |
First Model ESCWA in Partnership with AUB Centre for Civic Engagement and Community Service |
ESCWA is convening the first “Model ESCWA” at 9:00 AM on Saturday, the 10th September 2016, at the UN House, Beirut. This project is held in partnership with the Centre for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB). |
| 19 February 2016 |
Energy policy in the Arab Region |
ESCWA recently issued a publication entitled “Analysis of Energy Policy Trends in the Arab Region” (click here to access the publication and/or download it). This publication attempts to provide an analysis of the past national policy trends that shaped the evolution of the domestic energy situation in the Arab region, as well as the present policies and institutions that are in place. |
| 11 December 2014 |
World Water Day at ESCWA, Optimizing Water Use Urged |
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). |
| 2 August 2016 |
Khawla Mattar of Bahrain Appointed as Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCWA |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Ms. Rima Khalaf today announced the appointment of Ms. Khawla Mattar (The Kingdom of Bahrain) as Deputy Executive Secretary for Programme Support. |
| 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. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Signing of a collaboration agreement between UN-ESCWA and UN-ECA |