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| 20 May 2015 |
Reinforcing Social Equity: Mainstreaming Ageing Issues in the Process of Development Planning in the ESCWA Region, Social Policy Brief, No. 4 |
It underlines the importance of mainstreaming ageing into the debate over policymaking, and highlights the implications of population ageing for ESCWA countries and the challenges faced by older persons. |
| 27 October 2016 |
Arab Register of Censuses and Surveys |
ESCWA, as part of its mission to facilitate regional cooperation and integration, has prepared this e-publication to provide up-to-date register of censuses and surveys implemented in all the Arab countries. The e-publication consolidates information and provide an insight on types and periodicity of surveys and censuses conducted in the region. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Retreats in Turin Discuss Priority Issues |
UN-ESCWA Executive-Secretary Badr Omar AlDafa took part end of August in two UN retreats in Torino, Italy. The first retreat held between 29 and 30 August was the Second Senior Managers Retreat, while the second was the UN Regional Commissions Retreat between 31 August and 2 September. |
| 8 March 2019 |
Arab Region Launch of the Global Campaign for the Good Treatment of Girls, Boys, and Adolescents with Disabilities |
ESCWA and other partners co-organized the Arab Region Launch of the Global Campaign for “The Good Treatment of Girls, Boys and Adolescents with Disabilities in the World” |
| 15 January 2015 |
Trade Integration |
Trade is an engine for growth and job creation. Trade, and hence regional integration, is mostly facilitated by enhancing complementarities and the removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers. The low level of trade within the region and the Arab region’s share of international trade |
| 7 December 2020 |
Green Technologies, Innovations and Practice in the Agricultural Sector |
The main aim of this factsheet is to introduce a number of green technologies, innovations and practices that could be adopted and applied easily throughout the Arab region and help bridge the gap between growth and sustainability as they reduce unfavorable effects on the environment, improve productivity, efficiency and operational performance. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Executive Secretary: Global Economic Crisis Creates Many Hurdles for MDGs |
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit was held in New York from 20 to 22 September, and it was considered a landmark event since the MDGs seek to halve the number of poor people and to achieve significant targets in the areas of education, health, gender equality, sustainable development and the environment by 2015. |
| 22 October 2020 |
National Policies and Technical Guidelines Templates for e-Accessibility |
Participants of the online consultative meeting discussed and reviewed the National Policies and Technical Guidelines Templates for e-Accessibility, prepared by ESCWA within the framework of the Arab Digital Inclusion Platform (ADIP) project launched in 2020. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Homage from ESCWA Executive Secretary to Sayyed Hani Fahs, Guardian of the Vulnerable and Champion of Righteousness, Justice and the Palestinian Cause |
He was the staunch guardian of values and principles; a highly exemplary and principled person. He carried high the torch of compassion as a symbol of his doctrine, faith and beliefs. He relentlessly defended the rights of the vulnerable and the oppressed, and tirelessly struggled for long-overdue justice for Palestine. |
| 11 December 2014 |
In the Course of his Official Visit to Yemen |
His Excellency the President of the Yemen Republic, Ali Abdallah Saleh received last night in his Hodeida residence Ambassador Bader Omar AlDafa, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary, in the context of his official visit to Yemen, in preparation for UN-ESCWA’s 25th Ministerial Session, to be held in Sana’a late May. In addition to the accompanying UN-ESCWA delegation, His Excellency the Prime Minister, Dr. Ali Muhammad Mujawwar, as well as Hodeida Governor, Mr. Ahmad Abdallah Al Hujari and Mr. |