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| 10 December 2016 |
Conclusion of this Year’s 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign |
ESCWA, in partnership with the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University, ABAAD Resource Centre for Gender Equality and UN-Women Regional Office for Arab States, organized a series of activities and events to commemorate the 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence for the year 2016. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Ageing Population |
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| 7 January 2016 |
Innovation and Technology Policies for an Inclusive Knowledge Economy |
During the 3rd Session of the Arab Forum for Scientific Research and Sustainable Development, which was convened in Beirut from 10 to 12 December 2015, ESCWA Technology for Development Division organized a panel discussion on "Innovation and Technology Policies for an Inclusive Knowledge Economy" as part of the Forum’s theme on scientific research and development for sustainable development policies. |
| 11 December 2014 |
International Goods Transport Facilitation in the Region |
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| 27 January 2020 |
ESCWA and partners hold first Competition Forum for the Arab region |
Beirut, 24 January 2020--In a bid to help reducing inequalities and fighting corruption by strengthening competition law and policy across the Arab region, ESCWA, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) concluded today their first joint Competition Forum fo |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Launches Forests in Green Economy Report |
Investing an additional USD 40 billion a year in the forestry sector could halve deforestation rates by 2030, increase tree planting by around 140 percent by 2050, and catalyze the creation of millions of new jobs. Those were among main findings of a report on forests produced by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and launched today by the UN Communications Group in a press conference in Beirut on the occasion of World Environment Day 2011 (WED). |
| 7 February 2019 |
New ESCWA Chief assumes duties, stresses commitment to serve the region and congratulates Lebanon on Cabinet formation |
Beirut, 07 February 2019 (Communication and Information Unit)--The newly appointed United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Ms. Rola Dashti, today arrived in Beirut to assume her duties at the helm of the regional commission. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Successful E-Government Implementation |
Successful E-Government Implementation is on the table at the UN House in a workshop on "Electronic/mobile Government in Arab States: Building capacity in knowledge management through partnership". The meeting is held on 18-20 November 2008 at the UN House, Riad Solh Avenue to tackle the way to successfully implement the electronic-mobile government issue in the Arab World. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Kuwait to Host UN-ESCWA Meeting on International Goods Transport Facilitation |
Under the auspices of Kuwaiti Minister of Transport Maasouma Saleh Al Mubarak, UN-ESCWA, in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, is holding a national workshop on International Goods Transport Facilitation in Kuwait that will take place at the General Directorate of Customs, Shuweikh, on 29 November 2006. This meeting is part of the United Nations Development Account project “Capacity-Building through Cooperation in Developing Inter-Regional Land and Land-Cum-Sea Transport Linkages”. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Launches 2011 Report on Information Society in Western Asia |
Beirut, 04 April 2012 (Communication and Information Unit) — The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today said that countries with a low Gross National Income (GNI) spend on the information and communication services more than the developed ones, and that the Arab region comes in the second rank in terms of the cost of these services. |