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25 January 2021	ESCWA Executive Secretary Urges the International Community to Increase Funding for Climate Adaptation	Beirut, 25 January 2021 (ESCWA)--The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Ms.
26 January 2021	Webinars on Integrating Social Justice Principles into Public Policies and Programmes
26 January 2021	Training on reporting to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women	Beirut, 22 January 2021 (ESCWA)--On 16 January, ESCWA and the Arab Women Organization concluded a virtual 5-day training held for North African countries and the Sudan on reporting to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, an independe
26 January 2021	Workshop on Building Partnership Capabilities in Democratic Governance in the Republic of Sudan	The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is organizing a virtual workshop on “Building Partnership Capabilities in Democratic Governance in the Republic of Sudan" on 25-26 February 2021. The workshop aims at :
27 January 2021	Western Asia: slow recovery expected in 2021	*Deteriorating fiscal positions cloud recovery prospects, says new UN report* Beirut-New York, 27 January 2021— The United Nations today warned that the devastating socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt for years to come unless smart investments in economic, societal and climate resilience ensure a robust and sustainable recovery of the global economy.
1 February 2021	Expert meeting to review Action plan of the 2019 Cairo Declaration for agriculture and water sectors	In response to the recommendations of the Second High-Level Joint Committee for water and agriculture that was held on 19 October 2020, the Technical Secretariat of the Joint Arab Ministerial Council for Water and Agriculture (Technical Secretariat of the AMWC and AOAD) organized with ESCWA and FAO the Expert Meeting to review and discuss the draft executive plan to activate the Cairo Declaration 2019 for joint coordination between the agricultural and water sectors.
1 February 2021	Arab Regional Preparations for the 2023 Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Water Action Decade	The aim of this consultative meeting is to draft a collaborative road map for Arab regional preparations leading to the United Nations Conference for the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Water Action Decade in March 2023. Discussion will include contributions to a midterm regional review report, preparations for the regional preparatory meeting, and the identification of activities that can explicitly support the Water Action Decade in the region.
2 February 2021	ESCWA: Lebanon’s formal private sector sales down by 45% and a quarter of the workforce laid off	Beirut, 2 February 2021--Since 2019, the Lebanese economy is in free fall, a dramatic situation which was further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and last summer’s Beirut Port explosion.
2 February 2021	Regional workshop to launch the Social Expenditure Monitor for Arab States report: A tool to support budgeting and fiscal policy reform
3 February 2021	Dialogue with Inter-State Consultation Mechanisms on the GCM Regional Review in the Arab Region	In line with the Global Compact on Migration guiding principles that call for a whole-of-government and whole-of society approach in the GCM, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) organized an online dialogue with Inter-State Consultation Mechanisms (ISCMs) on the GCM Regional Review in the Arab Region on 28 January 2021, in cooperation with the members of the Regional UN Network on Migration in the Arab Region.

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