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| 11 December 2014 |
Economic and Social Developments in Western Asia for 2005-2006 |
UN-ESCWA has published the “Survey of Economic and Social Developments in Western Asia, 2005-2006”. The annual publication outlines a set of economic policy principles aimed at contributing to the design of development strategies in the region. The principles are employment-intensive, pro-poor and based on human rights. The Survey was completed before the conflict in Lebanon of July-August 2006. Consequently, some of the economic indicators set forth in this year’s publication, particularly with regard to Lebanon, will need to be revised in a subsequent issue. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Egypt Conference on Integrated Social Policy Discusses International Success Stories |
Participants in the “National Conference on Integrated Social Policy in Egypt” held by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) and the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity on 7 and 8 February 2007 at the Pyramisa Cairo Hotel will discuss studies on the success stories in a number of developing and advanced countries like Tunisia, the Republic of South Korea, Malaysia, Norway, and Canada with respect to integrated social policy (ISP). |
| 11 December 2014 |
Under Auspices of President Ali Abdallah Saleh |
Under the auspices of President Ali Abdallah Saleh, and the theme of "Financing for Development in the ESCWA region", the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, will be hosting the 25th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, (UN-ESCWA), on 26-29 May 2008 at the Movenpick Hotel. |
| 18 February 2021 |
With regional and international support: ESCWA & the Saudi Program Push for a Unified Development Vision for Arab LDCs in the 2021-2030 Decade |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), with support from Saudi Arabia, held today a regional meeting, the first of its kind, gathering government representatives from Mauritania, Somalia, the Sudan and Yemen with regional and international donors, to launch the first regional dialogue on the new programme of action for Arab least developed countries (LDCs) up to 2030, which will be discussed in January 2022 at the |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA 25th Session Concludes on Remarkable Note |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Regional Commission calls for Arab Integration as a Development Imperative in the 21st Century Despite obstacles, there are still good reasons to believe that the dream of Arab unity can be realized |
On 25 February 2014, UN Undersecretary General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf launched from Tunis a remarkable report entitled “Arab Integration: A 21st Century Development Imperative” with the participation of Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, former Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and a crowd of political, economic, intellectual and public figures. Media representatives who took part in the ceremony received a press kit, which we will re-publish over five parts, in view of the importance of the issues the Report addresses. |
| 16 March 2016 |
E-forum on Democracy and Participation |
Political transitions as a result of popular uprisings in different Arab countries have brought to the fore a number of short term challenges that will have a decisive impact on the long term prospects of these countries and the region. |
| 27 January 2016 |
The Muscat Declaration: Towards the Achievement of Gender Justice in the Arab Region |
The Muscat Declaration: Towards the Achievement of Gender Justice in the Arab Region A broad framework for gender equality adopted by member States at the seventh Session |
| 28 April 2015 |
The Arab Middle Class Report: a force for change? (by Abdallah Al Dardari and Naren Prasad) |
The geopolitical and socioeconomic map of the Arab region is currently facing the most serious existential threat since the creation of independent Arab nation States in the mid-twentieth century. Disillusionment with the prospect of a serious peace process in Palestine; the seizure of vast areas of land in the Arab Mashreq by the Islamic State; |
| 12 August 2015 |
ESCWA at The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development |
The ministerial segment of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development was held under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), during the high-level segment of its 2015 session that took place from 6 to 10 July 2015 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. |