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| 5 December 2014 |
Peer Review Meeting on the Integrated Social Policies Report II |
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| 15 October 2020 |
ESCWA Water Development Report 8: The Water-related Sustainable Development Goals in the Arab Region |
This report examines the role of water-related SDG targets and indicators in informing the development of policy measures to tackle water challenges in the Arab region. Selected policy options are analyzed under various climate change scenarios in view of informing sustainable planning and appropriate decision support systems to optimize and rationalize water use. |
| 11 December 2014 |
2007 Millennium Development Goals Report for the Arab World |
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| 11 December 2014 |
WESP 2014 Sheds Light on Situation in the Region |
Western Asia saw slightly slower economic growth in 2013 compared to 2012 but growth is expected to accelerate in 2014 even with fallout from military conflicts, said Abdallah AlDardari, the ESCWA Chief Economist and Director of the Economic Development and Globalization Division said on 24 January 2014. |
| 6 January 2020 |
Meeting of the National Task force for reviewing the energy situation of the building sector in Tunisia |
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| 5 December 2014 |
2013 Arab MDGs Report to Be Launched from New York |
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| 11 December 2014 |
2013 Arab MDGs Report to Be Launched from New York |
On Monday the 23rd of September 2013, the United Nations Headquarters in New York will witness the launching of the Arab Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report 2013 in a ceremony, which will be held at 13:15 (1:15 pm). |
| 11 December 2014 |
Review of the Millenium Development Goals on Agenda of UNESCWA 24th Ministerial Session |
Participants in the UNESCWA 24th Ministerial Session are due to discuss Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the UNESCWA Region based on a report prepared by UNESCWA in 2005 with the collaboration of several United Nations agencies in the region. The report was prepared in order to facilitate the review of follow-up action by policymakers aimed at achieving the MDGs by 2015. |
| 29 December 2020 |
ESCWA: The Arab region faces two scenarios for 2021 |
Beirut, 29 December 2020--The Arab region faces two economic scenarios for 2021: an optimistic one projecting a growth rate of 3.5% and one that is less optimistic, limiting growth prospects to 2.8%. The actual path will hinge on the ability of Arab countries to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused losses of about $140 billion for the region, resulting in an estimated -3% growth contraction in 2020. |
| 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. |