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| 20 May 2015 |
Status and Prospects of the Arab City: The Reality of the Contradictions and Differences Between Arab Cities. A Critical Vision Against the Backdrop of Selected Urban Patterns |
The Arab cities are experiencing fast transformation in their economic, social and architectural structures. That transformation encompasses many contradictions resulting from internal factors related to natural characteristics and external factors related to the economic globalization. On the one hand, the growing cities generate such economic development dynamics as employment opportunities and creative urban cultures. On the other hand, they face such growing challenges as inequity, violence, social exclusion and poverty. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Stand to Mourn the Deaths of Innocent Civilians and Fellow Staff Members |
The ESCWA Staff Council convened today in front of the United Nations House in Beirut a stand to protest the deaths of innocent civilians and of fellow staff members in Gaza. The UN flag flew at half mast in front of the UN House. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary to Doha to Partake in the Annual Arab Banking Conference |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of UN-ESCWA (the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia), Mr. Bader Omar Aldafa, heads to the Qatari capital, Doha, today, to partake in the Annual Arab Banking Conference for 2007, organized by the Union of Arab Banks (UAB), in cooperation with the Qatar Central Bank and the World Union of Arab Bankers, between 7 and 8 November 2007 in Sheraton Hotel, Doha, and held under the auspices of Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar. |
| 19 September 2016 |
Regional Policy Workshop on the Water-Energy Nexus |
The UNDA Project on Developing Capacities of ESCWA Member Countries to address the Water-Energy Nexus for Achieving SDGs seeks to build the capacity of ministries to reduce inefficiencies. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Protecting the Rights of Women in the ESCWA Region Through the Proper Use of UN Resolutions and International Protocols on War and Armed Conflict |
This study examines international human rights instruments and mechanisms regarding women’s rights protection in conflict settings in the Arab region. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Inclusive Finance in the ESCWA Region: Current Status and Future Prospects |
Beirut, 3 May 2012 (ESCWA Communication and Information Unit)— The ESCWA 27th Ministerial Session, which will be held on 9-10 May 2012 at the U.N. House in Beirut will be discussing inclusive finance in Western Asia in a round table to take place from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Thursday 10 May. |
| 25 June 2020 |
The Arab Region’s response to COVID-19 and the way forward for health and well-being |
This first in a series of webinars on sustainable development dialogue focuses on health and well-being and builds on the findings of the Arab Sustainable Development Report 2020. |
| 10 November 2020 |
Mashreq Waters Knowledge Series: Workshop on Economic Implications of Climate Change and Water Scarcity in the Mashreq Region |
Within the framework of the Mashreq Knowledge Initiative, ESCWA is organizing with the support of the World Bank a workshop on Economic Implications of Climate Change and Water Scarcity in the Mashreq Region. This meeting builds upon the previous workshop on Building Capacity for Accessing Disruptive Technologies for Improved Water Resources Management under Climate Change held earlier this year. |
| 12 December 2016 |
Gender Mainstreaming in Public Institutions on the Agenda of ESCWA 29th Ministerial Council |
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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Technical Partner in Shaping KSA Tenth Five Year Plan |
On 20 and 21 May 2014, an ESCWA delegation headed by Senior Economist and Director of the Economic Development and Globalization Division Abdallah Al Dardari met with a group of senior officials in the Ministry of Economy and Planning in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), at the Ministry’s headquarters. Also participating in the meeting was Assistant Resident Representative at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in KSA Mayssam Tamim. |