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| 11 December 2014 |
On World Water Day: UNESCWA Says Region Facing Dangerous Strategic Challenge |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA), one of the regional bodies of the UN, said Western Asia is facing a dangerous strategic challenge in relation to the water situation given that the origin of most water in the region lies outside it. This statement came in an UNESCWA statement on the occasion of World Water Day, 22 March 2006. |
| 16 February 2018 |
Arab Preparatory Meeting on Energy related Issues for the 2018 AFSD & HLPF |
The objective of this preparatory meeting is to discuss the Arab region’s major energy issues and review the progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) on “Affordable and Clean Energy” and its interlinkage with other development issues within the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Statistical Committee Opens Ninth Session |
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| 16 March 2016 |
E-forum on Participation in Public Policy Processes |
The Social Development Division at ESCWA has conducted in the period of four months in 2010 three online discussion forums on the following thematic areas: (a) Government -civil-society participation in public policy processes including social policies (1 July to 30 August 2010); (b) Media and Development (1 August to 30 September 2010); and (c) Social Integration towards achieving participation (1 September to 30 October 2010). |
| 5 August 2019 |
ESCWA hosts the YPP Career Support Programme for the third time |
Beirut, 26 July 2019 (ESCWA)--After its success in hosting the Young Professionals Programme (YPP) Career Support Programme in 2011 and 2012 and following a decision by the Office of Human Resources (OHR) to decentralize it starting 2019, ESCWA once again hosted it from 22 to 26 July. The Programme was organized and delivered in its entirety using only ESCWA internal resources. |
| 21 April 2017 |
Regional Workshop on National Accounts and the development of Economic Statistics Infrastructure within SDGs Framework |
The Regional Workshop on National Accounts aims to implement SNA2008 and to develop the infrastructure of economic statistics within the framework of the objectives of SDG’s. |
| 1 July 2020 |
Arab Digital Development Report 2019: Towards Empowering People and Ensuring Inclusiveness |
The report assesses progress in digital development in the Arab region, with analysis of the efforts made and challenges faced. Linkages to development focus on empowerment and inclusion. |
| 10 November 2016 |
Ministerial Session, 29th |
The 29th Ministerial Session of ESCWA is being held from 13 to 15 December 2016 in Doha, Qatar, on the theme: “2030 Agenda- Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the National Level |
| 30 September 2016 |
Inaugural meeting of the ESCWA Inter-sessional Expert Group on Disability |
The first meeting of the ESCWA Inter-sessional Expert Group on Disability was held on 20-21 September 2016 at the UN-House in Beirut. The group was formed as a result of a call by the Committee on Social Development (CSD), which oversees the work of the Social Development Division of ESCWA, to intensify cooperation on disability policy between ESCWA and its member states. |
| 5 December 2014 |
MEDSTAT II Environment Sector / UNESCWA / UNSDJoint Sub-regional Training Session on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water (SEEAW) |
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