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30 September 2016	Facilitating the Launch of Arab Customs Union: Scenarios for CET and Fiscal Challenges	The workshop aims at providing in-depth analysis of the requirements and implications of the launching of the Arab Customs Union. It will address issues related to the negotiations of the Arab Customs union including the possible scenarios of CET and the possible impact on fiscal policy and other issues.
25 September 2017	Country Support
17 March 2016	Knowledge Society: ESCWA activities in 2015 Newsletter, Issue No.2, March 2016	The newsletter on the knowledge society presents updates on the main activities of the Technology for Development Division (TDD) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). In its second issue, the newsletter provides briefings on the activities of TDD for 2015, under its thematic clusters of work, covering the three TDD entities, namely the Innovation Section, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy Section, and the ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC). It also presents the regional advisory services on technology for development.
11 December 2014	Moussa Visits UN-ESCWA, Meets Executive Secretary	League of Arab States Secretary-General Amr Moussa held talks on Wednesday 21 November 2007 with UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary, Bader Omar Al-Dafa, at the UN House in Beirut. Following the meeting, Moussa told reporters that he came to Lebanon on a quick visit "amid circumstances known to all, and in view of the efforts that you have been following up on". Moussa was referring to talks with Lebanese officials on the presidential impasse. "I seized the opportunity to visit my friend Mr. Bader Omar Al-Dafa to congratulate him on his post as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations".
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. The Turkish presidential election recently took place on 24 June as part of the 2018 general election, alongside parliamentary elections on the same day.
11 December 2014	UN Launches Information Economy Report 2010 in Beirut	Beirut, 11 October 2010 (UN Information Service) — The UN Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC-Beirut) is holding a press conference on Thursday 14 September to launch the Information Economy Report (IER) 2010, entitled “Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation,” by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
20 May 2015	Regional Economic Forecast - 2008	This study presents estimates and forecasts for GDP growth for the ESCWA region for the period 2008-2009.
21 October 2019	Focus Group Discussions on Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Lebanon	During this meeting discussions with relevant stakeholders will focus on the requirements for an artificial intelligence strategy for Lebanon
5 December 2014	RICCAR Vulnerability Assessment Task Force on Sensitivity Indicators Meeting	Within the framework of the RICCAR, ESCWA and ACSAD organized the RICCAR/ACCWaM Vulnerability Assessment Task Force on Sensitivity Indicators Meeting from 21-21 October 2014 in Beirut at the UN House. This Task Force is basically a small ad hoc working group that was established to technically review, with regional experts, the indicators and associated maps that will support the preparation of the vulnerability assessment at the Arab regional level. The Vulnerability Assessment Task Force on Sensitivity Indicators discussed indicators related to: Population;
5 December 2014	Ad Hoc Group Meeting on Supply of Fossil Fuels	The sectoral statistics team participated at the UN-ECE Ad Hoc Group Meeting on ‎Supply of Fossil Fuels, Geneva, 10-11 November 2004, organized by the Sustainable ‎Energy Section of the Industrial Restructuring, Energy and Enterprise Development ‎Division at ECE. The participation was a follow-up on the recommendations on UNFC ‎Classification of energy reserves/resources that was held in Beirut in collaboration with ‎OPEC, UNSD and ECE in Beirut, 1 June 2004.

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