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| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary and Yemeni Ambassador Sign Agreement |
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary, Ambassador Bader Omar AlDafa, and the Ambassador of Yemen Republic in Lebanon, Mr. Fayssal Amin Abu Ras, representing the Yemeni Government, signed this afternoon the agreement on the special arrangements for the UN-ESCWA 25th Ministerial Session, to be held on 26-29 May in Sana’a. The signing ceremony was attended by Mr. Khaled Galal AbldelHamid, the Secretary of the Commission, the UN-ESCWA Chief of the Administrative Service Division, Mr. David Iyamah, and Mr. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Opens Workshop on Measures and Technologies for Improving Sectoral Energy Efficiency in the Qatari Electricity Sector |
قال اليوم السفير بدر عمر الدفع، وكيل الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة والأمين التنفيذي للجنة الأمم المتحدة الاقتصادية والاجتماعية (الإسكوا)، إنّ اللجنة تُولِـى اهتماماً خاصاً لقطاع الطاقة ودعم ِ دورِهِ في تحقيق التنمية المستدامة، كما تحرصُ على تقديم ِ الدعم ِ الفنىّ لدولِها الأعضاء والعمل ِ على تحقيق التعاونِ الإقليمي في هذا المجال. وتزدادُ أهمية ُ هذه القضية في ظل الارتفاع ِ المطـّّرد لأسعار الطاقة وضرورةِ التصدّي لمشكلة التغيّرات المناخيّة والحدِّ من التلوث البيئي. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary on Official Visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary, Bader Omar AlDafa, today undertook an official visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, where he met with a number of senior officials, on top of whom was Crown Prince and General Commander of Bahrain’s Defense Force Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa. Talks focused on the many facets of cooperation with UN-ESCWA, as well as advisory and technical services on which UN-ESCWA and the Government of Bahrain collaborated in the past year. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Special Middle East Coordinator Visits Lebanon |
Beirut, 28 April 2008 (United Nations Information Centre)-- The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Mr. Robert H. Serry, began today his first official visit to Lebanon as part of ongoing regional consultations. Lebanon is one of the countries in his area of responsibility for the Middle East peace process. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Under Auspices of President Ali Abdallah Saleh |
Under the auspices of President Ali Abdallah Saleh, and the theme of "Financing for Development in the ESCWA region", the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, will be hosting the 25th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, (UN-ESCWA), on 26-29 May 2008 at the Movenpick Hotel. |
| 11 December 2014 |
The Convention on International Multimodal |
UN-ESCWA 25th Session, held under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Yemen, Mr. Ali Abdullah Saleh, opens at the Ministerial level at 10 AM on Wednesday 28 May 2008, at Movenpick Hotel-Sana’a. It will witness a number of significant events, such as the adoption and signature of the Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods in the Arab Mashreq. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA 25th Ministerial Session Kicks Off, Names |
Under the auspices of President Ali Abdallah Saleh, and the theme of "Financing for Development in the ESCWA region", the 25th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, (UN-ESCWA), opened today at the level of senior officials at the Movenpick Hotel – Sana'a. The Ministerial segment is set to be inaugurated on Wednesday 28 May 2008. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA 25th Session Kicks Off at Ministerial Level under Auspices of Yemeni President, Amid Large Arab Ministerial Presence |
Under the auspices of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and under the theme of "Financing for Development in the ESCWA Region", Yemeni Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Mojawar opened Wednesday the UN-ESCWA 25th Session at the ministerial level at the Movenpick Hotel, Sana'a. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-House in Beirut to Host a UN-ESCWA Regional Workshop on DevInfo |
UN-ESCWA considers that there is an urgent need for member countries to enhance their capacities in compiling, disseminating and exchanging data and metadata. In this sense, the DevInfo statistical program provides the statistical community with a tool for effective working partnership among different data producers to facilitate exchanging a unified official statistics to relevant agencies and the regional commission in the region. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Participates in Dialogue for Regional Commissions |
With nine of its member countries accounting for some 56 and 30 per cent of oil and natural gas world supplies, the UN-ESCWA region is especially rich in these resources, said Executive Secretary Bader Omar AlDafa. At the same time, other member countries have little or no gas or oil reserves. Such disparities among and between countries of the region had kept average growth over the past two years at about 5.6 per cent. |