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| 11 December 2014 |
Committee on Water Resources Holds 10th Session, Discusses Regional Water Cooperation |
In light of the challenges and obstacles confronting the Arab region in the area of integrated water resources management, and since the General Assembly of the United Nations has declared 2013 as the International Year for Water Cooperation, ESCWA convenes the 10th session of its Committee on Water Resources on 20-22 March under the theme “Regional Water Cooperation” at the UN House, Beirut. Participants will include representatives of ESCWA Member Countries, and from relevant international and regional organizations and institutions, and civil society organizations. |
| 27 March 2019 |
Regional commission marks World Water Day, says millions of Arabs still lack basic water services |
Beirut, 22 March 2019 (ESCWA)--While 51 million people from the Arab region still lacked basic water drinking services, 73% of whom lived in rural areas. This is among the conclusions of the new version of ‘2019 United Nations World Water Development Report” (WWDR 2019) launched today at the regional level by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) as it marked World Water Day in its Beirut headquarters. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Opens Advisory Committee Meeting, Says Recent Developments Helped Restore Commission’s Activities |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Badr Omar AlDafa said on Monday positive developments that took place in Lebanon since May, “helped in restoring our activities in the state of UN-ESCWA headquarters because meetings, conferences, seminars and other activities that used to exceed 100, had stopped or been transferred to other countries because of the security situation”. |
| 27 October 2020 |
Regional arts competition for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence open for submissions till 27 November |
Beirut, 27 October 2020--The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Arab Institute for Women (AiW) at the Lebanese American University (LAU) launched today their annual regional youth arts competition on the occasion of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based |
| 11 December 2014 |
AlDafa on Official Visit to Syria ahead of Regional Forum on Financial Crisis Tomorrow |
ESCWA Executive Secretary yesterday discussed bilateral relations with Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji Otri, examining ways to strengthen and develop them, namely in areas of rehabilitation and training, and also touching on development and service fields. The meeting was an occasion to give an overview for work ESCWA undertakes, in addition to its contribution to building national technological capacities and using them to the best interest of Arab social and economic development. |
| 11 December 2014 |
2010 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
Don't take soil and water for granted! This is the message that the United Nations tries to convey to the world every year on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought whose slogan for this year is "Enhancing Soils Anywhere Enhances Life Everywhere," and which is in line with the theme of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.
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| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Participates in the Cluster of WSIS-related Events |
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| 3 December 2019 |
ESCWA and partners highlight achievements of food and water security initiative |
Beirut-Amman, 2 December 2019 (ESCWA)--ESCWA held on 27 and 28 November a regional meeting on Promoting Food and Water Security in the Arab Region to discuss challenges and opportunities in that area and highlight the major achievements of the related regional initiative since its launch in 2015. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Meeting on Infrastructure Investments and Public-Private Partnerships Concludes, Issues Rabat Declaration |
In partnership with the Ministry of Equipment and Transport of the Kingdom of Morocco, ESCWA held an expert group meeting on "Unlocking Infrastructure Investments and Mobilizing Financial Resources in the Arab Region," from 17 to 18 April 2013 at the Ministry of Equipment and Transport, Rabat. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Discusses Energy Issues in Amman |
The Jordanian capital hosted three regional UN-ESCWA meetings in cooperation with the National Center for Energy Research in Amman from 18 to 21 December 2006. They were: “Seminar on Follow-Up of Activities of the Regional Mechanism on the Development of Energy Uses for Sustainable Development”, “Regional Workshop on Energy Efficiency Labeling”, and “Regional Workshop on Clean Development Mechanism: Project Document Preparation in UN-ESCWA Member Countries.”
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