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| 27 June 2016 |
Promoting Food and Water Security Through Cooperation and Capacity Development in the Arab region |
The project aims to enhance food and water security in the Arab region through improved and coordinated policy design, strategy development and programme implementation. |
| 27 February 2018 |
Arab Preparatory Meeting on Water Issues for the 2018 AFSD & HLPF |
The consultations will provide a venue to exchange experiences and consolidate regional views on water-related issues and priorities facing the Arab States in light of achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including SDG 6 which aims to “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.” |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Holds Arab Region Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20 Conference |
Cairo, 16 Oct 2011 (UN Information Service) — The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today opened the Arab Regional Preparatory Meeting for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20), which will be held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 4-6 June 2012. The 16-17 Oct meeting is held at the League of Arab States (LAS) headquarters in Cairo and was organized in cooperation with LAS and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). |
| 19 February 2019 |
Regional Initiative to Promote Small–Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region “REGEND” |
UN ESCWA develops Sida’s funded Regional Initiative to promote Small – Scale Renewable Energy applications in rural areas of the Arab region (REGEND) |
| 5 December 2014 |
Regional High-Level Consultative Forum on the Impacts of the International Financial Crisis on the ESCWA Member Countries: the Way Forward |
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| 26 February 2015 |
Regional Seminar on "Lessons Learnt and Best Practices of the Regional Initiative on Strengthening the Capacities in the Arab Region to Support Green Production Sectors" |
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| 14 December 2016 |
Justice for Palestine |
ESCWA continued on Tuesday 13 December 2016 the works of its 29th Session at the Sheraton Grand hotel in Doha, Qatar, where discussions revolved around Justice for the Palestinian people after fifty years of Israeli occupation. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Lebanese Premier Addresses Meeting on Palestine Day |
Accompanied by great applause, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora entered the conference hall at UN-ESCWA to begin the ceremony held by the Commission to observe the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (29 November). A host of prominent political, diplomatic and media figures, as well as heads of UN agencies and UN staff, were in attendance to listen to the statements delivered by PM Siniora, UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy, the representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon, Mr. |
| 9 November 2018 |
ESCWA launches report on Trade in Services as a Driver of Growth and Development |
Beirut, 8 November 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)--In several Arab countries, the services sector accounts for large and growing shares of output, employment and foreign direct investment. |
| 11 December 2014 |
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2008 |
The United Nations annual economic report, which this year bears the title “World Economic Situation and Prospects 2008”, said that countries of the Western Asian region have maintained their fifth consecutive year of growth of more than 4.5 per cent. The region is benefiting from the revenue effects of resurgent oil prices and the unprecedented world demand. In the outlook, strong regional growth is expected to continue in 2008, at 5.2 per cent, supported by the high global demand and price of oil according to the “World Economic Situation and Prospects 2008”. |
