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| 12 November 2014 |
Natural Resources |
The ESCWA region is facing critical natural resource problems. Climate change, population growth, food insecurity, water scarcity, extreme weather events and regional tensions over shared water resources are challenges that make effective management of natural resources to promote sustainable development imperative. Member countries have shown a growing interest in assessing the impact of climate change, including extreme weather events, and socioeconomic vulnerability. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Committee on Water Resources, 8th session |
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| 9 July 2018 |
Executive Secretary represents UN Secretary-General at Turkish President’s inauguration |
Beirut, 9 July (Communication and Information Unit)--The Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Mr. Mohamed Ali Alhakim, today represented the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, in Ankara, Turkey, during the inauguration ceremony of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Palace. |
| 20 May 2015 |
ESCWA Study on Air Transport |
This study was carried out at the request of ESCWA member countries through the Committee on Transport of the Commission. It reviews the ways in which the region is responding to the liberalization and commercialization of air transport and makes a number of recommendations to regional Governments regarding regional cooperation, the establishment of a fair and open air transport market, the coordination of air traffic control, the use of information and communications technology, environmental protection and the removal of procedural barriers to trade and transport. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ETC Third Technical Committee Meeting |
The intervention of His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal, the president of Higher Council for Science and Technology and the leadership of Her Royal Highness Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, the president of the Royal Scientific Society and President of the Board of Governors of the Amman-based ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC), marked the Centre's 3rd Technical Committee Meeting, which was held on 2-3 June 2014 at the Society's headquarters. |
| 16 October 2020 |
Arab National Reporting Platforms for the Sustainable Development Goals: Assessment |
SDGs National Reporting Platforms (NRPs) are essential to help member countries to achieve their national development goals and are crucial elements to monitor and report the progress towards achieving the SDGs at all levels. |
| 17 February 2016 |
Call for Proposals on Promoting Renewable Energy |
UN-ESCWA is inviting applications for a call for proposals on Promoting Renewable Energy (RE) Investments in the Context of Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development. All institutions, civil societies and the private sector of member countries are invited to submit their proposals by 1 March 2016, to be included in the ESCWA RE investment projects pipeline. At least 10 projects will be retained as part of a capacity building project the Commission is implementing, which aims at enhancing RE investments in member countries in the context of climate change mitigation. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Social Exclusion in the ESCWA Region |
The EGM is an opportunity to discuss ESCWA's region-specific definition of social exclusion and to review the findings of its qualitative field work. Regional and international experts attentive to the problems facing excluded groups as well as to the nuances of introducing such a concept into developmental and institutional policies and analyses will come together for the two-day EGM. |
| 18 November 2016 |
High-Level Meeting on Yemen’s Challenges for Reconstruction Process and Development |
Provide a platform for Yemeni national stakeholders to articulate the reforms needed to start the recovery process and articulate a sustainable development agenda dedicated to all Yemenis. |
| 6 September 2017 |
Executive Secretary Receives Chief Executive Officer of CAUS |
Beirut, 5 September 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Alhakim today received Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Arab Unity Studies (CAUS) Khair El-Din Haseeb and the Centre’s Director General Luna Abu Swaireh at the UN House in Beirut. Following the meeting Abu Swaireh said discussions focused on partnership between ESCWA and the Centre in the fields of Economy, Development and Research. *****
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