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| 11 December 2014 |
The Sudan Joins UN-ESCWA |
The Sudan has recently acceded to the membership of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA). The Commission has thus come to include 14 member countries. The accession comes in response to the request of the Sudan and the recommendation of the UN-ESCWA 25th Ministerial Session held in Sana’a, Yemen on 26-29 May 2008. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries |
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| 14 May 2020 |
New ESCWA & UAB brief: Major Arab stock markets register value losses of about 25% in the first quarter of 2020 |
Beirut, 14 May 2020--The Arab region is not only struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact—as deep and devastating as it may be for all aspects of life and all social and economic sectors—it is also facing unprecedented fluctuations in oil prices. |
| 16 September 2016 |
ESCWA Rewards Staff Members for Distinguished Work on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Rima Khalaf headed a ceremony at the UN House in Beirut to present the ESCWA Award on Advancing Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women to four staff members of the commission. The event, which took place on Thursday 8 September 2016, marks the second time the award is granted by ESCWA. The commission has effectively adopted a holistic approach to mainstreaming gender perspectives in its plans, policies and programmes. |
| 16 September 2016 |
ESCWA Rewards Staff Members for Distinguished Work on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Rima Khalaf headed a ceremony at the UN House in Beirut to present the ESCWA Award on Advancing Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women to four staff members of the commission. The event, which took place on Thursday 8 September 2016, marks the second time the award is granted by ESCWA. The commission has effectively adopted a holistic approach to mainstreaming gender perspectives in its plans, policies and programmes. |
| 11 August 2015 |
ESCWA Launches Study from LAU on Access to Justice for Women and Girls in Arab Region |
ESCWA launches on Tuesday 26 May 2015 its flagship study on "Access to Justice for Women and Girls in the Arab Region: From Ratification to Implementation of International Instruments," in a ceremony that begins at 11 AM at the Business Building of the Lebanese American University (LAU), Room 903. The event is held in partnership with the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW). |
| 13 July 2018 |
In Beijing, ESCWA participates in Belt and Road Global Energy Interconnection Forum |
The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) recently participated in the Belt and Road Global Energy Interconnection Forum of the Arab League Countries in Beijing, China, which aimed to promote energy exchange and cooperation between China and Arab countries. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA a Peace Platform for Iraq, Lebanon Children |
"You, senior officials, owe it to us to remember that we are the future of nations and that to the extent you care for us you care for the future of our nations. What you sow in us today you shall reap in our country tomorrow." That was the message Iraqi and Lebanese children asked ESCWA and its Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf to relay to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the world community. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA a Peace Platform for Iraq, Lebanon Children |
“You, senior officials, owe it to us to remember that we are the future of nations and that to the extent you care for us you care for the future of our nations. What you sow in us today you shall reap in our country tomorrow.” That was the message Iraqi and Lebanese children asked ESCWA and its Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf to relay to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the world community. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Regional Commission Discusses Implications of Syrian Crisis on Jordanian and Lebanese Economies |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is organizing an expert group meeting (EGM) on “The Implications of the Syrian Crisis on the Economies of Jordan and Lebanon” on Thursday, the 4th of July 2013 at its headquarters, Riad El Solh Square, Beirut. The meeting will be held with the participation of Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ibrahim Saif and Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Nicholas Nahas. |