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| 18 June 2019 |
Social Expenditure Monitor (SEM) for Arab States |
EDID is organizing a workshop for Member states to assess social expenditure in a more comprehensive way |
| 20 May 2015 |
Mapping Inequity: Persons with Physical Disabilities in Jordan |
Worldwide and in the ESCWA region, persons with physical disabilities face higher levels of unemployment, lower levels of education and higher infant mortality rates than the rest of the population. In the ESCWA region, both the documentation of the hardships faced by persons with disabilities and the analysis of the triggers of their exclusion are often scarce. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Taskforce Meeting on 2010 Population and Housing Censuses |
At its six session held in October 2004, the Statistical Commission called on ESCWA to form a regional taskforce to coordinate efforts in relation to the planning of next round of population and housing censuses. Later, the United Nations Statistics Division adopted in March 2005 a resolution on the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme, to be implemented from 2005 to 2014. The goal of the Word Programme is three fold:
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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. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Trade in Services in Iraq |
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| 5 December 2014 |
Statistical Committee, 10th Session |
The 10th Session of the Statistical Committee will begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 30 January 2013, at the headquarters of the Central Administration for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) in Cairo. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Regional Seminar on Increasing Participation of ESCWA Member Countries in the WTO Negotiations |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Egyptian Minister of Transport to Inaugurate UN-ESCWA Expert Group Meeting on International Multimodal Transport |
Egyptian Minister of Transport Mohammad Mansour will be inaugurating the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on International Multimodal Transport in the Western Asia region organized by UN-ESCWA (the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) on 4-6 September 2007 at the Triumph Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo. The three-day meeting, which will open at 9:30 am on Tuesday, is intended to discuss the second draft of a proposed Agreement on International Multimodal Transport of Goods in the Arab Mashreq. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Launches “Under an Olive Tree in Palestine” Poster |
Beirut, 26 Oct 2011 (UN Information Service) — “Under an Olive Tree in Palestine” is the slogan of a poster launched today by ESCWA as part of its efforts to raise awareness about the socio-economic repercussions of Israeli occupation in Palestine, including settlements and the policies of blockades and closures. The poster was distributed to UN headquarters in New York, Geneva, Vienna and to many UN agencies in Lebanon. ESCWA also provided the Palestinian Authority and some non-governmental organizations with copies for use and circulation. |
| 11 December 2014 |
AUST Students Visit ESCWA, Learn about its Objectives and Programmes |
A group of students of different majors from the American University of Science and Technology (AUST) visited ESCWA on 19 May 2012, where they learned about the Commission’s objectives and programmes. Chief of ESCWA Social Participatory Development Section (SPDS) Maha Yahya briefed them on the role of ESCWA as one of the United Nations Regional Commissions and the opportunities and challenges facing the region. She focused on regional priority agenda items and the Commission’s work with civil society organizations. |