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| 11 December 2014 |
Launching of E-Caravan Project for South Lebanon |
UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy considered the mobile computer school project a join effort between the United Nations agencies in Lebanon, foreign and Arab embassies, civil society organizations, and the banking and private sectors. Tallawy was speaking at a press conference held today to launch the E-Caravan project for South Lebanon implemented by UNESCWA in cooperation with “Fondation Saradar”. The launching took place under the auspices of Lebanese Minister of Communication Marwan Hamadeh represented by the ministry’s Director-General Naji Andraos. |
| 30 August 2020 |
ESCWA: Half of Lebanon’s population at risk of failing to access basic food needs by year’s end |
More than half of Lebanon's population is at risk of failing to access their basic food needs by the year’s end, a new study by ESCWA warns, after the Beirut Port Explosion. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Deputy Secretary General Concludes Visit to Lebanon, Praises Lebanese National Dialogue and Support to Syrian Refugees |
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson concluded this morning a four-day visit to Lebanon where he participated in the 17th meeting of the UN Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) hosted by ESCWA on 10 December 2012 at the UN House, Riad El-Solh Square, Beirut. During his visit, Eliasson met with senior officials and political figures in the country, and made a field visit to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and its area of operations, as well as to two local centres hosting Syrian refugees. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Discusses E-Government Issues |
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| 5 July 2018 |
Call for Proposals: Building Collaborations between Official Statistics and Journalism |
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| 1 April 2020 |
New ESCWA brief: 8.3 million people will fall into poverty in the Arab region due to COVID-19 |
With today’s estimates, a total of 101.4 million people in the region would be classified as poor, and 52 million as undernourished. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Outcome of WTO 6th Ministerial Conference Focus of UNESCWA Meeting |
What are the direct implications on Arab countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) 6th Ministerial Conference? What are the objectives these countries are seeking to achieve by joining WTO, in view of the proliferating bilateral and regional trade arrangements? And what would be the negotiations priorities once Arab countries choose to maximize their stakes from the Doha round negotiations and WTO membership? |
| 11 December 2014 |
Road Safety of utmost importance in the Mashreq region: United Nations |
Delegates from across the Arab Mashreq will gather to discuss the establishment of a regional road safety partnership based on a proposal from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA), Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and Shell. The workshop on Establishing the Arab Mashreq Road Safety Partnership, will take place at the Sheraton Hotel, Doha, Qatar on 21 - 22 October, 2008 |
| 8 November 2018 |
ESCWA soft launches innovative, bilingual data portal at global forum in Dubai |
While over 2,000 data experts from more than 100 countries gathered at the United Nations World Data Forum 2018 in Dubai from 22 to 24 October to advance new data solutions, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) soft launched an innovative data portal to facilitate public access to useful data on the Arab region, a crucial step to enable change and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |
| 11 December 2014 |
UNESCWA Addresses Arab Decision Makers on the Economy of Globalization and Regional Integration |
The fourth issue of the UNESCWA “Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Countries of the UNESCWA Region, 2005” is due to be launched on Wednesday 1 March 2006, at 11am in the UN-House, Beirut. This flagship publication analyses the degree to which the Arab economy is integrated into the world economy and the extent of economic integration between Arab countries. It targets decision makers in UNESCWA member and other Arab countries, in addition to researchers, academics and others interested in the economy of globalization and regional integration. |