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| 11 March 2019 |
ESCWA Chief visits former Prime Minister |
Beirut, 8 March 2019 (ESCWA)--United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Executive Secretary Rola Dashti today called on Lebanese former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. |
| 30 October 2019 |
Tracking Food Security in the Arab Region |
This document is an extended summary of a publication on Tracking Food Security in the Arab Region using a Monitoring Framework developed by ESCWA in collaboration with member countries, AOAD and FAO and supported by Sida. It lays out the framework and its development and highlights that high- and middle-income Arab countries are concerned with overnutrition and low-income countries with undernutrition while hotspot areas needing immediate action include yields, food import dependency, prevalence of anemia among women and political instability. |
| 5 December 2014 |
EGM on Compilation and Analysis of Energy Statistics and Indicators |
The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is organizing an Expert
Group Meeting in cooperation with MEDSTAT, International Energy Agency (IEA),
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and the United Nations Department of
Economics and Social Affairs' Statistics Division (UNSD).
Background
Energy represents a basic input to all sectoral and national development plans, particularly in |
| 5 December 2014 |
The 4th Forum on Arab Statistical Capacity Building |
09:30-10:30
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break |
| 14 January 2015 |
Gender Based Violence |
Gender-based violence (GBV), violence directed against a person on the basis of gender, is a global phenomenon and a grave violation of human rights. Its most common form is violence against women. |
| 14 May 2015 |
TRAVEL ASSISTANT, G6 |
his post is located within the General Services Section, Administrative Services Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Travel Assistant reports directly to the Chief, GSS and will be under the overall supervision of the Director of ASD.
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| 10 December 2016 |
Justice for the Palestinian People on Agenda of 29th ESCWA Ministerial Council |
“Justice for the Palestinian people: fifty years of Israeli occupation” is among the salient issues on the agenda of the ESCWA 29th Ministerial Session, hosted by Qatar on 13-15 December 2016, at the Sheraton Grand, Doha. |
| 14 March 2017 |
Expert group meeting on methodologies for meeting the water-related Sustainable Development Goals at the global, regional and national levels |
The EGM on methodologies for meeting the water-related Sustainable Development Goals at the global, regional and national levels is organized as a folow up to the to the series of consultations conducted under the MDG+ Initiative in 2016. |
| 14 November 2017 |
Regional Workshop on: “Renewable Energy UNDA project conclusions and way forward” |
The objective of this regional workshop is to conclude the UNDA project on “Promoting Renewable Energy Investments for Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development” by providing closing remarks about the implemented activities, an update on the RE projects portfolios from selected UN ESCWA and UNECE Member countries, and indications about the way forward to continue promoting RE investments in the two regions, using available instruments, and particularly, the “Sustainable Energy Marketplace” platform (http://marketplace.irena.org/) developed by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) as one of the main tools that facilitate Access to renewable energy projects in developing countries and identify potential funding sources. Moreover, support was provided by the UNDA project to enhance this platform that will be presented and discussed during the workshop. |
| 13 February 2019 |
Consultative Workshop with Civil Society Organizations on Progress Made in the Implementation of Beijing +25 |
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