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| 11 December 2014 |
Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister to Open UNESCWA Meeting on Monday |
Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad will open the UNESCWA Regional Workshop on Trade Facilitation for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) at 10:00am on 6 November 2006 at the UN House, Beirut. Participants in the meeting, which will continue until 7 November, include representatives of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in the region. This activity focuses on trade facilitation for the private sector and is part of the work programme of UNESCWA. A regional workshop was held in the same framework last June for trade negotiators on trade facilitation. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Minister of State for Administrative Reform in Lebanon to Open UNESCWA 7th Statistical Committee Session |
The seventh session of the UNESCWA Statistical Committee will be held on Tuesday 7 November at 10:00 a.m. at the UN House, Beirut, under the auspices of Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Reform in Lebanon Jean Hogassapian. The meeting will continue until 9 November and will address major issues that concern statistical work in the UNESCWA region and its direct impact on the development process. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Seventh Statistical Committee Session Convenes |
The Seventh Session of the UN-ESCWA Statistical Committee convened today at the UN House, Beirut, under the auspices of Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Reform Jean Hogassapian. Opening statements were delivered by the Vice-Chairman of the Sixth Statistics Committee, Mr. Abdallah Al Othayyem; Mr. Ahmed Hussein, Head of the Statistics Coordination Unit on behalf of UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy; and Minister Hogassapian. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Tallawy Says We Can Challenge and Succeed at Opening of Annual Arab Banking Conference |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy hoped the participation of Arab banks in the reconstruction of Lebanon would be one of the first to spark off this process. She commended the outstanding achievements of the Arab banks over the last few years within the national and regional economic sphere. Tallawy noted, “We have a significant example of this, namely the award given to Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh. It shows we can rise to the challenge and succeed.” |
| 11 December 2014 |
Amman Hosts UN-ESCWA Meeting on International Goods Transport Facilitation |
UN-ESCWA, in cooperation with the Jordanian Ministry of Transport, is holding a national workshop on International Goods Transport Facilitation in Jordan that will take place at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Amman, on 15 November 2006. This meeting is part of the United Nations Development Account project “Capacity-Building through Cooperation in Developing Inter-Regional Land and Land-Cum-Sea Transport Linkages”. The Project is jointly implemented by the five United Nations regional commissions, with UN-ESCWA being the overall coordinator of the project. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Trade and Environment Focus of Joint UN and Arab League Efforts in Cairo |
UN-ESCWA is organizing, in collaboration with the League of Arab States and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Western Asia, a Regional Seminar on Trade and Environment on Monday 20 November 2006, at the League of Arab States in Cairo, Egypt. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA to Organize First Regional Training on Statistics |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will be implementing the first regional training of trainers for the project “Statistical Literacy and Capacity Building for Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the Country Level” at the Radisson-SAS Hotel, Amman, Jordan, from 27 November to 3 December. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Kuwait to Host UN-ESCWA Meeting on International Goods Transport Facilitation |
Under the auspices of Kuwaiti Minister of Transport Maasouma Saleh Al Mubarak, UN-ESCWA, in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, is holding a national workshop on International Goods Transport Facilitation in Kuwait that will take place at the General Directorate of Customs, Shuweikh, on 29 November 2006. This meeting is part of the United Nations Development Account project “Capacity-Building through Cooperation in Developing Inter-Regional Land and Land-Cum-Sea Transport Linkages”. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA to Commemorate International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People |
On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (29 November), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) is holding a meeting at 10 am on Wednesday, 29 November 2006 at the UN House, Riad El-Solh Square, Beirut. UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy and Mr. Peter Hansen, former High Commissioner of UNRWA, will address the meeting. Ms. Tallawy will be delivering the statement of the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Anan, as well as remarks by UN-ESCWA. |
| 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. |