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| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Meets Lebanese Environment Minister |
ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader AlDafa held talks with Lebanese Environment Minister Mohammed Rahal and discussed environmental projects and joint cooperation. "We discussed with Minister Rahal a joint project between ESCWA and the Environment Ministry and agreed to form a task force to follow-up on the project. By next week, a technical committee from ESCWA will meet with the team from the ministry and define the objectives and the framework," AlDafa said.
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| 23 March 2015 |
Housing and Urban Development |
Adequate housing is central to a decent life, and is recognized as such in several international human rights instruments. Without proper housing, access to other necessities, such as adequate food and water, clothing, medical care, physical protection, education and employment may be compromised. |
| 16 January 2017 |
Governance-adjusted Human Development Index: The case for a broader index and its implications for Arab States |
This paper broadens the dimensions of the HDI by proposing a framework to include governance achievements, and produces a Governance Adjusted Human Development Index (GHDI) to better measure human development across countries. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Arab water day "For a Common Arab Water Security" |
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| 22 June 2015 |
Executive Committee, 1st meeting |
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| 5 December 2014 |
Security Sector Transformation in Arab Transitions: Working for Change |
The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and the Carnegie Middle East Centre held an expert group meeting on Security Sector Transformation in Arab Transitions: Working for Change. The meeting was held at the United Nations House in Beirut, on 17 and 18 December 2012, and was attended by representatives of Governments, security services, civil society and research centres, in addition to human rights activists, researchers and academics. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Negotiations and Dispute Resolution |
UN-ESCWA, in partnership with the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources of Germany (BGR) and in collaboration with the Ministry of Water Resources in Iraq, is organizing an Advanced-Level Seminar on “Negotiations and Dispute Resolution Over International Shared Water Resources in Iraq.” The meeting will take place on 29-31 July 2008 at the UN-House in Beirut, Lebanon. The objectives of this meeting are to encourage a comprehensive vision and strategy for international negotiations on shared water resources. |
| 15 January 2015 |
Financing for Development |
ESCWA’s work on financing for development aims to make member countries more attractive for domestic, intraregional and international investment, to mobilize much needed domestic and international resources, and to support member countries in their debt management |
| 7 August 2017 |
Executive Secretary visits former President Sleiman |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim visited on 7 August 2017 President Michel Sleiman in his Yarze residence. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Executive Secretary, Khawla Mattar. Both sides discussed the Commission’s activities in Lebanon and the region. They also tackled economic and social issues in addition to the National Agenda for the Future of Syria program initiated by ESCWA over three years ago. |
| 16 August 2017 |
Executive Secretary visits Director-General of General Security |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and EDCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim visited on 14 August 2017 the Director-General of the General Security, Major-General Abbas Ibrahim. |
