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| 20 August 2015 |
Energy Consumption in the Transport Sector |
National Statistical Offices and ministries of transport, and energy delegates from the three countries beneficiaries from the project on “Survey of Energy Consumption in the Transport Sector”, namely Egypt, Jordan and Palestine, gathered at ESCWA in Beirut on 23 and 24 July 2015, to launch the results of the Survey (see flyer). |
| 11 December 2014 |
Secretary-General Appoints Bader Al Dafa of Qatar as Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA |
New York-Beirut,30 July (United Nations Information Centre)--United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Mr. Bader Al-Dafa of Qatar as Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Mr. Al-Dafa has recently served as Ambassador of Qatar to the United States and Permanent Observer to the Organization of American States (OAS. In this capacity,he played a special role in promoting access to education and the arts in the Arab-American community and among other minority populations in the United States. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA’s 26Th Session Berri Opens Ministerial Segment Tomorrow |
Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri will open the Ministerial segment of ESCWA’s 26th Session, Wednesday at 10 AM at the UN House, Beirut. |
| 25 November 2014 |
Water |
Securing water for sustainable development is crucial. Nearly all member countries suffer from freshwater scarcity, with 18 out of 22 Arab States below the water poverty line of 1,000 m3/person/year. Salinity affects surface and groundwater resources, particularly in agricultural areas and above coastal aquifer systems where most of the Arab region’s population is concentrated. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Expert Group Meeting on Moving the Development Agenda Forward: Opportunities and Potential Gains |
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| 28 September 2011 |
Workshop on Macroeconomic Simulations for MDG Achievement |
Your Excellencies It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all on behalf of Dr. Rima Khalaf our Executive Secretary and Under Secretary General to the UN House in Beirut to our gathering of distinguished experts and illustrative expertise to discuss and Issue of Macroeconomic Simulations for MDG Achievement. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary in Symposium on Development Cooperation in Egypt |
The Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), Mr. Bader Omar Al Dafa, heads today to participate in the high level symposium on “Trends in Development Cooperation: South-South and Triangular Cooperation and Aid Effectiveness“organized by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on 19-20 January 2008 in Cairo. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Marks Arab Water Day |
ESCWA held a press conference on Tuesday 2 March to officially mark Arab Water Day for the first time this year under the theme "For Joint Arab Water Security".
The conference, held under the auspices of Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water Jibran Bassil, was presented by Miss Lebanon 2009 Martine Andraos who reiterated that she adopted the issues of sustainable water resources as a priority issues on her work program.
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| 4 December 2018 |
ESCWA to mark Arabic Language Day in poetry and dictation |
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| 5 December 2014 |
Sub-regional workshop on gender mainstreaming for Ministries of Labour and National Women Machineries |
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