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15 January 2012	High-Level Meeting on Reform and Transitions to Democracy	Your Excellency, President of the Council of Ministers, Mr. Najib Mikati, Your Excellency, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Excellencies, Distinguished guests, On behalf of my colleagues, the Executive Secretaries of the Regional Commissions of the United Nations, a warm welcome to you all. I thank His Excellency, the President of the Council of Ministers, Mr. Najib Mikati, for agreeing to holding this high level meeting under his auspices.
7 October 2012	UN-LAS General Meeging on Cooperation	Your Excellencies, Colleagues Representing Sister U.N. Agencies Ladies and Gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to be among you today and to represent the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia in this important coordination meeting. I bring to you the greetings of the ESCWA Executive Secretary, Dr. Rima Khalaf who has placed partnership with the League of Arab States front and centre of the organization’s partnership strategy.
18 September 2012	Flag raising ceremony to welcome Libya, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Tunisia	Your Excellency, Ambassador Wafiq Rahimi, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon, representing His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sir Derek Plumbly, Special Coordinator of the Secretary-General for Lebanon, Your Excellencies, ambassadors, heads of delegations and representatives of international organizations and United Nations bodies operating in Lebanon, Distinguished guests,
20 September 2011	THE OPENING OF THE EXPERT GROUP MEETING- Think Tank	Distinguished Guests Colleagues and friends, Good Morning. I am pleased to welcome you all to the UN House in Beirut. It is indeed a timely and momentous opportunity to draw on this distinguished group for deliberating current and evolving challenges facing the Arab world, and addressing salient development issues on the regional and international levels. Colleagues,
28 April 2011	Message of the Secretary General To United Nations Seminar On Assistance To The Palestinian People	Delivered by Ms. Rima Khalaf, Executive Secretary, UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia It is my pleasure to send greetings to the participants in this United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People. I thank the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for focusing on mobilizing international efforts in support of the Palestinian Authority’s state-building programme.
12 September 2019	Forum on Climate Finance and Sustainable Cities	Minister Fady Jreissati Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning. Allow me to warmly welcome you all to ESCWA. We are honoured to host this distinguished “Forum on Climate Finance and Sustainable Cities”. Special thanks to our partners at the UNFCCC and the Standing Committee on Finance, the Islamic Development Bank and the Union for the Mediterranean, and to the Governments of Norway and Australia for their generous contributions to this Forum, as well as to the Government of Lebanon for its continual support.
1 December 2017	Intl. Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People	Statement by Mr. Mohamed Ali Alhakim Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People Mr. Hassan Mneimneh, Chair of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee, and representative of the Prime Minister of Lebanon,
6 February 2018	8th session of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly	Statement by Mr. Mohamed Ali Alhakim Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Opening of the eighth session of the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Abu Dhabi, 13 January 2018 Excellencies, Mr. Adnan Amin, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),
26 November 2012	Opening session of the 2013 Annual Ministerial Review (AMR)	Your Excellency Dr. Jaffar Hassan, Minister of Planning, Jordan Excellencies, Colleagues from our Sister UN organizations,
3 June 2013	UN Lions Day	Dr. Nadim Khouri Deputy Executive-Secretary Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Opening Statement UN Lions Day UN House, 6 March 2013 Mr. Amine Hacha, Chairman of the Lions Clubs District 351, Mr. Nabil Rousse, District 351 Governor, Excellencies Mr. Robert Watkins UN Resident Coordinator for Humanitarian Coordination for Lebanon, Represented here by Mr. Alexander Costy, Head of Office, UN RC for Lebanon Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen

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