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| 11 December 2014 |
Syrian Conflict Impact on Macro-economy and Millennium Development Goals |
On 10 September 2014, ESCWA launched from its Beirut headquarters a report entitled "The conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic: The impact at the Macroeconomic Level and the Obstacles on the Way to the Millennium Development Goals." A host of Arab and foreign diplomats and experts took part in the event. Also participating was the Editor-in-Chief of As Safir newspaper Talal Salman who delivered a keynote address. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Expert group meeting on bridging the urban divide in the ESCWA region: Towards inclusive cities |
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| 8 December 2017 |
The Capacity-building Workshop on Information Society Measurement: Core Indicators, Statistics, and Data Collection |
The Capacity-building Workshop on Information Society Measurement: Core Indicators, Statistics, and Data Collection (Amman, 10-12 December 2006) was organized by the Arab Regional Office of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology of Jordan, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS). |
| 7 December 2017 |
Novel Telecommunication Technologies for Socio-Economic Development |
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| 17 December 2020 |
Conclusion of the regional training of trainers on women’s political leadership |
Beirut, 16 December 2020 (ESCWA)--On 28 November 2020, ESCWA and its partners, the Arab Women Parliamentarians Network for Equality (Ra’edat), UN Women and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), concluded the four-week online |
| 11 December 2014 |
UNCTAD-UNESCWA Workshop to Develop Country Decision-Makers |
A second joint regional training course designed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and UNESCWA, on “Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda” is due to begin at the UN House, Beirut, on 26 June 2006. The course will be jointly opened by UNESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Atif Kubursi and UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Dirk Bruinsma at 9:00am. |
| 21 March 2019 |
ESCWA Arab High-level Forum concludes with calls to use technologies to accelerate sustainable development |
Beirut, 20 March 2019 (ESCWA)--The Second Arab High-level Forum on World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development today concluded at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) while urging to make use of digital technologies in order to accelerate sustainable developmen |
| 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. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Regional Profile of the Information Society in Western Asia, 2009 |
The information society, in which information is processed efficiently, including the production, exchange, adaptation and use of information, is the appropriate environment for achieving sustainable development and enhancing the quality of life for all citizens. However, the move towards the information society constitutes a real challenge to developing countries, particularly in view of the expanding digital divide with developed countries, thus rendering them increasingly vulnerable to reduction in their productive and economic capacities. |
| 2 October 2019 |
High-Level Conference on Progress Made in the Implementation of Beijing after Twenty-Five Years |
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