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| 11 December 2014 |
New ESCWA Report Advocates Integration through Culture and the Arts Art, literature, music and film hold the key to Arab unity and renaissance |
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. |
| 1 March 2018 |
ESCWA calls for a ‘course correction’ on fiscal policies in the Arab region |
A new report on fiscal policy was presented on Tuesday at the American University of Beirut (AUB), providing information on whether the Arab region’s current approach can support the achievement of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. |
| 12 October 2018 |
Project on Population and Development |
Launched in summer of 2014, the DA Project titled “Strengthened national capacities for integrated, sustainable, and inclusive population and development policies in the Arab region” (the Project), capitalized on the momentum generated by the Cairo Declaration of the June 2013 Regional Conference on Population and Development in the Arab States. |
| 10 December 2019 |
New UN Report: Bold legal reforms in some Arab countries can inspire accelerated progress across the region towards Gender Justice & Equality before the law |
Amman, 10 December 2019 – A new report that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) launched today, observes that women and girls have benefited from reforms affecting core aspects of their lives as specific provisions within penal, labour, family and nationality codes have been revised and updated, in some Arab countries over the past decade. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Integration Presents Arab World with Unique Opportunities for Human Development, says New ESCWA Report Economic integration is “a requirement for survival” |
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. |
| 21 December 2017 |
Moderate growth in Western Asia in 2018: UN report |
UN Department of Public Information (13 December 2017)__An upturn in the global economy—now growing by about 3 per cent— paves the way to reorient policy towards longer-term issues such as addressing climate change, tackling existing inequalities and removing institutional obstacles to development, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2018 Report. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Launches Millennium Development Goals Report 2011 Western Asia Betters Maternal, Children Survival and Health |
Beirut, 7 July 2011 (United Nations Information Service) – A United Nations report released today on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) showed that Western Asia made good progress in improving the survival and health of mothers and children, as maternal deaths declined by 52 percent between 1990 and 2008 largely due to increases in skilled attendance at birth, skilled antenatal care and contraceptive use, as well as a drop in adolescent childbearing. |
| 13 May 2016 |
Lebanon Needs An Integrated Strategy To Address Rising Food And Nutrition Insecurity |
(ESCWA/WFP) -- Lebanon needs to urgently formulate an integrated National Food and Nutrition Security Strategy to ward off rising food insecurity in the country, an ESCWA report says. The Word Food Programme (WFP) commissioned ESCWA to conduct a Strategic Review of Food and Nutrition Security in Lebanon, which has resulted intangible recommendations to improve food and nutrition security for all communities in the country. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Proposes a Strategic Vision for Arab Integration and Renaissance A new report makes a powerful case for how integration can be realized and sustained |
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. |
| 10 August 2018 |
ESCWA Annual Report 2017 |
The 2017 Annual Report provides an overview of key economic and social developments throughout the Arab region, as well as facts and figures about the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) |