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| 15 January 2012 |
High-Level Meeting on Reform and Transitions to Democracy |
Your Excellency, President of the Council of Ministers, Mr. Najib Mikati, On behalf of my colleagues, the Executive Secretaries of the Regional Commissions of the United Nations, a warm welcome to you all. I thank His Excellency, the President of the Council of Ministers, Mr. Najib Mikati, for agreeing to holding this high level meeting under his auspices. |
| 19 May 2017 |
Peace and Stability Key Prerequisite for Sustainable Development in the Region |
The Arab Forum for Sustainable Development organized by ESCWA from 3 to 5 May 2017 in Rabat, Morocco, stressed the importance of peace and stability as a prerequisite for sustainable development in the Arab region. |
| 11 December 2014 |
58 Arab Figures Echo ESCWA’s Initiative, Condemn Violence against Women |
By initiative of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on International Women’s Day, 58 Arab figures from various intellectual backgrounds today decried violence against women in an appeal that they signed, cognizant of the challenges faced by women in the process of democratic transition in the Arab region. It was circulated in member countries undergoing political transition (Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen) as well as in the ESCWA host country, Lebanon. Below is the complete text of the appeal: |
| 7 April 2019 |
Arab Forum for Sustainable Development to kick off tomorrow with focus on empowering people and ensuring equality in the Arab region |
Beirut, 8 April 2019 (ESCWA)--Tomorrow, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is welcoming over 300 participants at its headquarters in Beirut for the annual 3-day (9-11 April) Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD). |
| 1 October 2018 |
Experts discuss new guidelines on costing violence against women in the Arab region |
Beirut, 01 October 2018 (Communication and Information Unit) – Draft guidelines on costing violence against women in the Arab region, developed by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), were the focus of a recent meeting in Beirut on 20 and 21 September. |
| 15 November 2020 |
Regional Workshop on Poverty Measurement and Monitoring in the Era of Big Data |
The workshop explores recent developments in statistical methodologies and new data sources for measuring and monitoring poverty at various levels and dimensions. Specifically, the workshop aims to provide guidance to the NSOs on new knowledge and methodologies to measure and monitor SDGs and Agenda 2030 and identify opportunities, challenges and limitations of using big data for official poverty measurement in low and middle income countries. The workshop will also explore the potential of high frequency surveys to monitor poverty over time and across small areas, particularly targeting vulnerable groups such as refugee populations, and identify future research needs in statistical methodologies and the use of new data sources for living conditions and poverty indicators. Ultimately the workshop will help to achieve a common and improved understanding of new knowledge, methodologies and data sources that would contribute to monitoring poverty over time and across small areas and improving the measurement of some living conditions and poverty indicators for Goals 1 and 10. |
| 23 July 2020 |
United Nations Secretary-General on COVID-19 and the Arab region: recovery is an opportunity to build back better |
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| 30 January 2019 |
Tomorrow ESCWA launches first regional Data Portal; 13th Statistical Committee pushes for further improving official work |
Beirut, 30 January 2019 (Communication and Information Unit)--Tomorrow at noon, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) will launch the first-of-its-kind Arab region Data Portal (EDP) that offers users a variety of statistical services and products covering a range of social and economics areas, while facilitating open access to a wealth of statistical data, analysis, and information on its member states. |
| 28 July 2015 |
Measuring and Monitoring the Living Conditions in Palestine |
President of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) Ola Awad today commended the signature of a memorandum of understanding between PCBS and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), at the UN House in Beirut. Awad said “the objective of this agreement between PCBS and ESCWA is the implementation of a survey to assess the impact of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza strip in 2014, and the socioeconomic living conditions of Palestinian households in the West Bank and the Gaza strip. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Civil Aviation and Air Transport in the Arab World |
In its 17 January 1997 resolution proclaiming 7 December as the International Civil Aviation Day, the United Nations General Assembly said "future development of international civil aviation can greatly help to create and preserve friendship and understanding among the nations and peoples of the world". Such statement cannot be truer today, with the growing need to meet the "other", the ever-increasing flows of travelers, and the multiplication of low cost carriers (LCCs), recently introduced into the Arab region. |