United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Alhakim called for enhancing cooperation between the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission (LAEC), affiliated to the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), in many projects “as we can benefit from the expertise of the Commission in the implementation of common mechanisms and programs related to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to the issues of climate change and their impact on nature and people.”
 

The Acting Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Ms. Khawla Mattar signed today on behalf of ESCWA a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sudanese Minister of Trade Mr. Salah Mohamed Al-Hassan on behalf of the Ministry in order to provide a framework for inter-institutional dialogue and cooperation on matters of common interest in the fields of sustainable development over the period 2017-2019.
 

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”.

Beirut, 13 January 2016 (ESCWA Communication and Information Unit)--The 2015 Situation Report on International Migration entitled “Migration, Displacement and Development in a Changing Arab Region” will be jointly launched by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) tomorrow, Thursday the 14th of January 2016, at 10:00 am, at the UN House, Beirut.