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| 21 November 2017 |
Aboul Gheit: Conflicts Delay Economic Development in the Region |
“The Arab World today is at a crossroads between promises and threats, promises of welfare and progress and threats of wars and terrorism… There are forces pulling the Arab region backwards, and in the meantime, there are forces pushing strongly towards change… They realise that development is a long-term project, and that sustaining development and maintaining it is harder than launching it.” |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Participates in the 59th ISI World Statistics Congress |
On 26-30 August 2013, Hong Kong witnessed an important event: the 59th International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress. Represented by its Statistics Division, ESCWA contributed to the scientific sessions and participated in a technical panel.
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| 2 August 2019 |
‘Political Tourism’ students visit ESCWA |
Beirut, 02 August 2019 (ESCWA)--Around 45 foreign students of Lebanese origin today paid a visit to ESCWA as part of a broader tour in Lebanon organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the framework of “Political Tourism”. The project aims to introduce the students to the political system in the country as well as the different United Nations entities operating in it and their respective mandates. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Staff Highlight Successes at Beirut Lions Ceremony |
Chapters of the world-famous Lions Clubs in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq held a ceremony in Beirut on 12 April to honor the UN System in Lebanon on the occasion of the “UN Lions Day” where representatives of three UN agencies boasted of achievements of their organizations before a large audience of ministers, ambassadors, Lions members, UN staff and others. |
| 2 February 2017 |
Costing Violence against Women |
On 25 and 26 January 2017, ESCWA convened a meeting to discuss a study it is drafting on the “Status of Arab Women,” with particular emphasis on violence against women. The two-day meeting gathered prominent experts from the region and beyond representing civil society and UN entities working on the subject matter. Hosted at the UN House in Beirut, the meeting fell within the scope of the ESCWA project “Estimating the Cost of the Economic Impact of Violence against Women in the Arab Region” that is conducted in partnership with UN-Women. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Water Management in Times of Crisis |
The vital need for water as a basic daily resource in times of peace takes on an added urgency in times of crisis. Addressing the need to capitalize on available resources and manage them well under crises, UN-ESCWA's unit for Emerging and Conflict Related Issues (ECRI) organized a workshop entitled "Management of Water Provision under Crisis: the Case of Southern Lebanon", from 7 to 9 September in Zahle. |
| 11 December 2014 |
AlDafa Discusses Arab Culture in Damascus |
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| 3 June 2020 |
ESCWA: 31 Arab billionaires own as much wealth as half of the region’s population |
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| 11 December 2018 |
ESCWA to launch Survey of Economic and Social Development in the Arab Region 2017-2018 |
ESCWA to launch Survey of Economic and Social Development in the Arab Region 2017-2018
Beirut, Lebanon, 17 December 2018 |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Meeting Urges Documentation of Women’s Role in Reform Movements |
Participants in ESCWA’s meeting on “Strategies and Media Campaigns to Promote the Empowerment of Women in the ESCWA Region" today called for proper documentation of women’s roles in the movements of change and promoting this image in international media. |