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25 June 2020	ESCWA: COVID-19 exposes 32 million older persons to lack of health care and aggravates the problems of young people in the Arab region	Beirut, 25 June 2020--The devastating effects of COVID-19 have severely impacted two main groups of the Arab population: the young and the elderly. Young people, already registering the highest and fastest growing unemployment rate worldwide—23% in 2020—will face serious challenges in re-entering the job market after the lockdown. The pandemic has also heightened the vulnerability of about 32 million older persons in the region.
25 June 2020	ESCWA and FAO discuss regional production and consumption for sustainable land management	Regional talks commemorating Desertification and Drought Day 24 June 2020 – The Arab region needs to innovatively sustain its land and protect it from degradation and loss in order to ensure a sustainable future. This was the main message of the joint FAO-ESCWA celebration of Desertification and Drought Day under the theme “Food. Feed and Fibre” held virtually on Monday across the Arab region.
25 June 2020	Social Protection in the Syrian Arab Republic	The report presents a comprehensive profile of social protection in Syria and covers social insurance, social assistance, health care and social housing.
26 June 2020	Fourth World Conference on Women: Beijing, 1995
26 June 2020	Beijing+5
26 June 2020	Beijing +10	The Beijing Ten Year Review and Appraisal took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York, from 28 February to 11 March 2005, as part of the Forty-ninth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) whose programme of work included two main topics:
26 June 2020	Beijing +15	The fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was marked in a commemorative meeting during the fifty-fourth session of the Committee on Women which took place in New York from 1 to 12 March 2010 and brought together government officials and representatives of civil society, the media and the private sector to assess what was achieved since the Beijing Conference in 1995, share experiences and good practices and discuss priority actions to deal with persistent obstacles and new challenges.
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29 June 2020	National Institutional Structures for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Exploring the Implementation of Article 33 in the Arab Region	This study is divided into four sections. The first reviews the three main provisions of Article 33 by outlining the structure, composition and functions of the main institutional frameworks for implementing and monitoring the Convention. Where possible, examples from other countries around the globe are provided to illustrate the implementation of Article 33 in practice. The second section reviews the current state of implementation of Article 33 in the Arab region. The authors use information collected from a questionnaire sent to member States of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)to illustrate key regional trends regarding Arab countries’ institutional setups in relation to Article 33. Finally, the paper outlines potential opportunities and challenges for Arab States in implementing Article 33 and concludes with some recommendations for further improving government compliance with the Convention.
29 June 2020	Capacity-Building Workshop on “Good Agriculture Practices for Enhanced Energy Sustainability”	Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND)” Project, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Jordan (MEMR) is organizing a capacity-building workshop on “Good Agriculture Practices for Enhanced Energy Sustainability”. This workshop will build the scientific and technical capacities of REGEND’s beneficiaries, on good agriculture practices through a simplified scientific and distinctive approach integrating lectures, exercises, and practical training in the field.

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