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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Launches Annual Survey of Economic and Social Developments in its Region |
Beirut, 31 January 2012 (United Nations Information Centre) – A United Nations ESCWA annual survey on the Economic and Social Developments for 2010-2011 was released today, reflecting the dramatic changes the region has witnessed while moving from the first to the second decade of the 21st century. The survey made observations, provided data to understand and explain the dynamics of regional, sub-regional and country-specific social and economic trends. Its objective is to provide a snapshot of the current socioeconomic situation and an outlook for 2012. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Launches Conference and Public Consultations to Establish Arab Internet Governance Forum |
Beirut, 1 February 2012 (UN Information Services) -- UN-ESCWA, the League of Arab States (LAS) and the Lebanese Presidency Council of Ministers (PCM) have jointly organized the Conference and Public Consultations to Establish the Arab Internet Governance Forum (IGF) at Habtoor Grand Hotel, on 31 January and 1 February 2012, in Beirut |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA and IFPRI Urge Enhanced Regional Food Security |
Beirut, 6 February 2012 (UN Information Service) – The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Nadim Khouri called for the need to take advantage of available opportunities to improve food security in the region through trade and foreign investments to ensure benefits for all. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Arab Food Security Conference Issues Range of Recommendations |
Beirut, 7 February 2012 (UN Information Service) – Participants in an international conference on Arab food security today concluded two days of meetings with a call to highlight the need to focus on supporting job-creating growth for the poor in countries with household-level food insecurity, and on encouraging exports to finance food imports and agriculture in countries with macro-level food insecurity. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Sees Knowledge, Professional Challenge in Arab Spring Commission Launches Millennium Goals Report in Time of Transition |
Beirut, 21 February 2012 (UN Information Services) — Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today said the Arab Spring is a knowledge and professional challenge for United Nations agencies which these organizations do not shun, and have rather begun to reconsider the development paradigm itself building on lessons from this experience. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Marks Int’l Women’s Day, Urges Media Focus on Rural Women, Ending Stereotypes |
Beirut, 7 March 2012 (United Nations Information Centre) — The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the UN Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC) today marked the International Women’s Day (IWD), holding two roundtables that recommended emphasizing the needs of rural and poor women and introducing laws to protect women from stereotypical images in the media. |
| 11 December 2014 |
World Water Day at ESCWA Urged Optimizing Water Use |
Beirut, 22 March 2012 (UN Information Services) — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said agriculture is by far the main user of freshwater, and unless we increase our capacity to wisely manage its use, we will fail to end hunger and we will open the door to a range of other ills, including drought, famine and political instability. The admonition came in a message by Ban on the occasion of the World Water Day, which was marked today by at the UN House in Beirut by ESCWA, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC). |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Backs Sustainable Tourism in South Lebanon |
Beirut, 29 March 2012 (UN Information Service) — The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), and the Union of Tyre Region Municipalities held today a workshop in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre to raise awareness about responsible eco-tourism in the framework of green economy and sustainable development. Participants included representatives from different municipalities and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in southern Lebanon. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Regional Commission Discusses Key Role of Information and Communication Technologies |
Beirut, Tuesday 03 April 2012 (Communication and Information Unit)-- ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Nadim Khouri today said Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) played a key role during the Arab spring whether through the communication tools or the online social media. Khouri was addressing the opening session of the sixth meeting of ESCWA Consultative Committee on Scientific and Technological Development and Technological Innovation (ESTIC), held at the UN House, Beirut. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Launches 2011 Report on Information Society in Western Asia |
Beirut, 04 April 2012 (Communication and Information Unit) — The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today said that countries with a low Gross National Income (GNI) spend on the information and communication services more than the developed ones, and that the Arab region comes in the second rank in terms of the cost of these services. |