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| 11 December 2014 |
Senior Officials Segment of ESCWA’S 27th Session Kicks Off |
Beirut, 7 May 2012 (ESCWA Communication and Information Unit)— The Senior Official Segment of ESCWA’s 27th Ministerial Session opened today at the U.N. House in Beirut. Speakers at the opening were the Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCWA, Mr. Nadim Khoury, the Director of International Cooperation in the Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Ms. Zeina Touqan, representing the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which chaired the 26th Session, and the Executive Director of the Economic Policy Affairs in the Emirati Ministry of Economy, Mr. Mohamad Saleh Shalwah. |
| 14 January 2015 |
Information Society and Digital Economy |
The 21st century has come to be synonymous with the concept of the information or knowledge society. Smart technology is already transforming that idea into one of the smart society. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Arab Implementation Meeting Concludes with “Dubai Document” |
Dubai hosted the deliberations on the sustainable development agenda in the Arab region, through the "Regional Arab Implementation Meeting" (RIM), held on 29 and 30 May at the Dubai Police Academy. ESCWA had organized the meeting in partnership with the League of Arab States (LAS), the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Environment and Water, the UN Environment Program/Regional Office of Western Asia (UNEP/ROWA), and the Zayed International Foundation for the Environment. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Berri Opens ESCWA’s 26th Ministerial Session, Urges Work for Youth |
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| 7 July 2020 |
Competition law and policy during and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections in the Arab region |
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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Marks International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People |
ESCWA marked on Monday 29 November the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People at the UN House in Beirut. The event was organized in cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). |
| 1 March 2021 |
Regional Review Conference of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in the Arab Region |
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| 5 December 2014 |
Arab High-Level Forum on Sustainable Development |
The year 2014 is pivotal for development. While efforts at the global, regional and national levels intensify to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, endeavors continue to define a development agenda beyond 2015 that will guide sustainable development action at the global level over the short to medium terms. |
| 29 December 2016 |
Qatar Hosts the 29th ESCWA Ministerial Council |
On 15 December 2016, the ministers of ESCWA Member States adopted “the Doha Declaration on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030”. This came at the conclusion of the three-day deliberations of the ESCWA 29th Session, hosted by the State of Qatar, at Sheraton Grand Hotel. The Session convened from 13 to 15 December. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Flag-Raising Ceremony for Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia in front of UN House Executive Secretary Says Arab Integration Can no Longer Remain a Purely Intellectual Luxury |
Beirut, 18 September 2012 (ESCWA Communication and Information Unit) –UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Rima Khalaf today said that full Arab integration, which takes into account its economic, social and cultural dimensions, can no longer remain a purely intellectual luxury. Rather, it is a strategic choice and a fundamental prerequisite of an Arab renaissance, which can provide security and welfare for people, and prosperity and invincibility for countries. |