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| 25 July 2018 |
Achieving peace requires adherence to international law and no impunity |
Beirut, 25 July 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)-- In its periodic report on the Israeli occupation in Palestine and the Golan, the United Nations described Israeli practices and policies in the Arab territories occupied since 1967 as discriminatory and violating international law. It considered that some of those practices and policies may amount to war crimes according to the Fourth Geneva Convention. |
| 18 March 2020 |
At least 1.7 million jobs will be lost in the Arab region due to the coronavirus pandemic |
Beirut, 18 March 2020--In addition to the rising death toll and extremely heavy burden on health-care systems, the Arab region is suffering from losses of jobs at an alarming rate due to COVID-19, according to a policy brief issued today by ESCWA featuring the first economic assessment of the cost of the pandemic on the region. |
| 11 December 2014 |
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CONTINUES TO BEAR BRUNT OF OCCUPATION |
On 19 July 2013, ESCWA Director of the Emerging and Conflict-Related Issues Division Tarik Alami presented to the UN Economic and Social Council the Note of the Secretary-General on the economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan, which is prepared by ESCWA on yearly basis. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 1 October 2018 |
Workshop on combating violence against women highlights strategies to protect women in the Arab region |
Beirut, 1 October 2018 (Communication and Information Unit) – A workshop on combating violence against women was recently organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) at its headquarters in Beirut to highlight the role of international and regional bodies specializing in women’s issues, as well as their impact on the development of policies, strategies, national laws and standard services to protect women who are victims and/or survivors of violence. |
| 3 April 2017 |
ESCWA Takes Part in Brussels Conference |
Beirut, 3 April 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) – United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), represented by its Acting Executive Secretary Khawla Mattar, is taking part in the meetings and technical workshops on the sidelines of the international conference "Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region" held in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday 5 April 2017. |
| 15 March 2019 |
Second Arab High-level Forum on WSIS and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |
Second Arab High-level Forum on WSIS and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Beirut, Lebanon, 19-21 March 2019 |
| 29 September 2020 |
Launch of UN 2020 e-Government Survey in Arabic |
The Arabic version of the UN 2020 e-Government Survey was launched on 23 September 2020 by ESCWA, UNDESA and the UAE TRA. |
| 7 November 2016 |
How Would You Stop Violence Against Women? |
In commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (2016), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World at the Lebanese American University (LAU), ABAAD Resource Centre for Gender Equality, and UN-Women call on youth in the Arab region to participate in a video competition to raise awareness on violence against women. |