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| 5 November 2019 |
Strengthening measurement of violence against women in the Arab region |
Beirut-Cairo, 18 October 2019 (ESCWA)--In many Arab countries, there is still a lack of data on the prevalence of violence against women. To remedy this, ESCWA and partners gathered to discuss means to measure violence against women in line with globally agreed methodological and ethical standards. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Sultanate of Oman Provides UN-ESCWA with Financial Support |
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| 24 September 2018 |
ESCWA to celebrate enablers of communication on Translation Day |
Beirut, 24 September 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)—On 1 October, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) will be marking International Translation Day with dozens of translation and language professionals as well as students from Lebanon, in a bid to pay tribute to those who “make it possible for different cultures to talk to one another, who have enabled us to understand that we all, from every part of the world, liv |
| 25 November 2016 |
2016 Palestine Day Features Statements, Discussions and Remarkable Cultural Functions |
ESCWA is observing the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on Tuesday 29 November 2016 at the UN House, Beirut. |
| 15 April 2019 |
Arab civil society reviews Beijing Declaration implementation 25 years on |
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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Technology Centre Launches Commercialization Tour |
Beirut, 21 June 2012 (ESCWA Communication and Information Unit)— The Amman based ESCWA Technology Centre launched a “Commercialization Tour,” which it organized in cooperation with Talal Abu Ghazaleh International, El Hassan Business Park in Jordan, and Licensing Executives Society in the Arab Countries. |
| 4 October 2019 |
International Translation Day 2019: the power of languages |
Beirut, 30 September 2019 (ESCWA)--The role of translation in dialogue and peacebuilding has been firmly cemented through the ages, across time and space. The General Assembly of the United Nations has reaffirmed this notion by inextricably linking the role of translators and other language professionals to the Organization’s multidisciplinary global mandate. |
| 11 December 2014 |
The Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia Launched in Stockholm |
During the World Water Week held in Stockholm from 1 to 6 September 2013, ESCWA and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) launched the Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia, the first effort led by the United Nations to comprehensively identify and assess the state of transboundary surface and groundwater resources in the Middle East. |
| 17 November 2016 |
ESCWA Highlights Regional Implementation of 2030 Agenda on Climate Action |
On 15 November 2016, ESCWA took part in a joint United Nations regional commissions roundtable held on the sidelines of the twenty-second session of the annual Conference of the Parties (COP 22), the supreme decision-making body of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change taking place in Marrakech, Morocco between 7 and 18 November 2016. |
| 4 December 2017 |
International Day of Persons with Disabilities |
In the context of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, marked annually on 3 December, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is organising a three-day event on including persons with disabilities in the labour market. |