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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Held a Regional Workshop on Women for Arab Parliaments |
Beirut, 29 July 2010 (UN Information Service) — The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) ended today a Regional Workshop for Arab Parliaments on implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and ending violence against them. Held between 27 and 29 July at the UN House in Beirut, the workshop was organized by ESCWA in cooperation with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Lebanese Parliament and the United Nations Development Programme-Parliamentary Development Initiative in the Arab Region (UNDP-PDIAR). |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA launches a forum on “Social Integration” |
Beirut, 1 September 2010 (UN Information Service) — ESCWA is pleased to invite you to participate in the discussions of the third and last e-forum on social policy entitled “Social Integration: towards achieving inclusive participation in Western Asia” (http://pdwa.escwa.org.lb/forum-social.php), through the portal “Towards an inclusive Participatory Development in the ESCWA region”. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Workshop on “Social Protection as Development” |
Beirut, 24 September 2010 (UN Information Service) — Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs Saleem El Sayegh, ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader AlDafa and the Head of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Lebanon Samir Farah will open a workshop on “Social Protection as Development.” The workshop is scheduled to open at 09:30 on Tuesday 28 September 2010 at Bristol Hotel in Beirut. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Executive Secretary Bids Farewell to UN House Italy to Become Observer in ESCWA |
Beirut, 30 September 2010 (UN Information Services) -- UN Undersecretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Bader AlDafa has left the Regional Commission’s quarters in Beirut this afternoon upon the completion of his mission. In the presence of all Directors of ESCWA Divisions and staff members, UN Security guards performed the traditional parade for AlDafa, as is the case in the farewells of all executive secretaries. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Launches Information Economy Report 2010 in Beirut |
Beirut, 11 October 2010 (UN Information Service) — The UN Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC-Beirut) is holding a press conference on Thursday 14 September to launch the Information Economy Report (IER) 2010, entitled “Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation,” by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Information Economy Report 2010 Launched in Beirut |
Beirut, 14 October 2010 (UN Information Service) — The UN Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC-Beirut) launched today the Information Economy Report (IER) 2010, entitled “Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation.” The report was issued by the Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Celebrates 1st World Statistics Day under Auspices of Lebanese PM Hariri |
Beirut, 15 October 2010 (UN Information Service)— ESCWA celebrated the first World Statistics Day at the UN House in Beirut, under the auspices of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad El Hariri who was represented by State Minister Jean Ogasapian, and in the presence of many diplomats, officials and statistics users. “We have assembled today to give honour to statistics, to a profession that accompanies each of us throughout the life,” the head of ESCWA Statistics Division Juraj Riecan said. |
| 11 December 2014 |
“Regional Roadmap for Internet Governance” in ESCWA |
Beirut, 22 October 2010 (UN Information Service) — ESCWA Information and Communication technology Division and the League of Arab States (LAS) are organizing a joint Expert Group meeting on “Regional Roadmap for Internet Governance,” on 25-26 October 2010 at the UN House in Beirut. Welcome statements by ESCWA and LAS will be delivered at the opening session to be held at 9:30 A.M on 25 October. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Workshop on “Measuring Wellbeing and Progress of Arab Societies” |
Beirut, 29 October 2010 (UN Information Service) — ESCWA, in close collaboration with the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), is organizing the first coordinators’ workshop on “Measuring Wellbeing and Progress of Arab Societies” from 1 to 5 November 2010, at the UN House in Beirut. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Lebanese Prime Minister opens the 14th Regional Coordination Mechanism |
Beirut, 09 November 2010 (UN Information Service) — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad El Hariri will open the 14th Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) meeting for all UN agencies operating in the Arab region. The meeting, organized by ESCWA, will be held on Thursday 11 November at 9:00 am at the UN House in Beirut. In addition to El Hariri, the UN Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf will deliver statements at the opening session. |