UN-ESCWA Advisory Committee convened its first meeting for 2009 on Thursday 19 March at the UN-House, Riad El-Solh Square. Chiefs of diplomatic missions of the 14-member Regional Commission participated in the meeting, which was presided by UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader Omar AlDafa.

One year before the conclusion of the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) (2006-2010), and shortly before the expiration of one of the most important and contentious global agreements shaping the current global Internet governance structure, namely the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the United States Department of Commerce, ESCWA published this study to support the Arab region in its efforts to develop a regional framework for Internet governance.

Issue No. 34 of the National Accounts Studies of the Arab Region includes available data and estimates made by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) of GDP at both current and constant prices, in addition to the consolidated national accounts for each ESCWA member country during the period 2009-2013, and the estimated real GDP growth for 2014. Data were compiled from national statistical sources and by using questionnaires prepared by ESCWA. This publication is intended for economists, social researchers and policymakers.

This paper presents the results of a computable general equilibrium model developed to estimate the macroeconomic and fiscal impacts of the Libyan crisis on the Tunisian economy.