According to the latest edition of Greening the Blue, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) has joined a number of UN entities in achieving climate neutrality for 2016.
“ESCWA has an emissions reduction strategy in place and will soon work on establishing its Environmental Management System as well,” said Mohamed Ali Alhakim, Executive Secretary of the Regional Commission.

Beirut, 14 November 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim today visited former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Both sides discussed the ESCWA current and upcoming activities.
 
It was also an occasion for both sides to discuss the current situation in Lebanon and the region.
 
 

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim visited on 14 November 2017 former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Both sides discussed the ESCWA current and upcoming activities.
 
It was also an occasion for both sides to discuss the current situation in Lebanon and the region.
 
 

Based on results of the national consultations to develop the Roadmap to Estimate the Cost of Violence against Women in Palestine which took place last August 2017, ESCWA, UN-Women and the Palestinian national statistical bureau will hold a technical meeting to validate a survey on costing of violence against women in Palestine. The survey takes into consideration the types of direct and indirect costs identified during the national consultation. The meeting participants, including government and civil society organizations, will validate the survey questions.