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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA a Peace Platform for Iraq, Lebanon Children |
“You, senior officials, owe it to us to remember that we are the future of nations and that to the extent you care for us you care for the future of our nations. What you sow in us today you shall reap in our country tomorrow.” That was the message Iraqi and Lebanese children asked ESCWA and its Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf to relay to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the world community. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Discusses Social Protection as Development |
Beirut, 6 September 2011 (UN Information Services)— ESCWA today opened a workshop on “Social Protection as Development” at the UN House in Beirut with the aim of developing effective and integrated systems in this field. The workshop’s opening was attended by Palestinian Minister of Social Affairs Magida El Masri, Jordanian Minister of Labor Mahmoud Kafawin, ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Nadim Khoury and Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs’ representative Randa Bou Hamdan. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Social Security System Data Shortage Major Challenge in ESCWA Region |
Beirut, 9 September 2011 (UN Information Services) — Main challenges to developing high-performing and sustainable social security systems in most member countries of ESCWA include the lack of data on social protection, political will and good governance, a meeting of the 14-member UN regional commission concluded today. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Sets 2014-2015 Strategic Framework |
Beirut, 20 September 2011 (UN Information Services) — Against the backdrop of development challenges facing Arab countries and the popular movements sweeping the region, ESCWA today opened an expert group meeting at the UN House in Beirut to discuss recent transformations in the Arab world and develop the Commission’s strategic framework for the 2014-2015 biennium. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Lebanese Agriculture Minister Opens ESCWA Workshop on Sustainable Agricultural Production |
Beirut, 27 September 2011 (UN Information Service) — ESCWA today held a workshop on “Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) to promote sustainable agricultural production, food quality and safety, environmental protection and trade in the Arab Region,” at the UN House in Beirut. The workshop was organized in cooperation with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and under the patronage of the Lebanese Minister of Agriculture Hussein Al Hajj Hassan. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Holds Conference on Green Industries |
Beirut, 28 September 2011 (UN Information Service) — ESCWA today opened a conference on “The Role of Green Industries in Promoting Socio-Economic Development in the Arab Countries” at the UN House in Beirut. The conference is held under the patronage of Lebanese Minister of Industry Freije Sabounjian, and is organized in cooperation with the Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO). |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Technical Committee on Trade Liberalization Meets in Beirut |
Beirut, 4 Oct 2011 (UN Information Service) — Under the patronage of Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Nicholas Nahhas, the Technical Committee on Liberalization of Foreign Trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development in the Countries of the ESCWA Region opened today its seventh session. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Holds Arab Region Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20 Conference |
Cairo, 16 Oct 2011 (UN Information Service) — The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today opened the Arab Regional Preparatory Meeting for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20), which will be held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 4-6 June 2012. The 16-17 Oct meeting is held at the League of Arab States (LAS) headquarters in Cairo and was organized in cooperation with LAS and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). |
| 11 December 2014 |
Reviewing Arab Development Patterns, Creating Sustainable Development Bodies Urged Arab Regional Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20 Calls for Civil Society Role in Development |
Cairo, 17 Oct 2011 (UN Information Service) — Officials and experts participating in a meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) called for seizing the opportunity of political and social changes of the Arab Spring to review adopted patterns of development with a view to addressing sustainable development challenges in the Arab region. Participants agreed that failures in achieving development is mainly attributed to developed countries’ evasion of their obligations towards developing ones, as provided for in international conventions. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Report Recommends a Better Leverage of ICT in Private Sector Development |
Beirut, 19 October 2011 (United Nations Information Centre) – UN Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC-Beirut) held a press conference today at the UN House to launch the Information Economy Report (IER) 2011. The report, entitled “IER 2011: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as an Enabler for Private Sector Development,” is issued by the Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). |