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21 June 2018	Executive Secretary invites Lebanese President to open 30th Ministerial Session	ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Alhakim invited Lebanese President Michel Aoun to inaugurate the 30th Ministerial Session of ESCWA that will be held in Beirut on 27 and 28 June 2018. During his visit to the Presidential Palace in Baabda on 8 June, Mr. Alhakim discussed with President Aoun the work of ESCWA and congratulated him on successful parliamentary elections under his leadership.
1 October 2015	Expert Group Meeting on the Social and Economic Situation of Women in Conflict-stricken Countries in the Arab Region	with the American University of Cairo
11 December 2014	Integrating Gender Mainstreaming in National Policies
17 November 2020	ESCWA virtual meeting on Disability Statistics	The key objective of the meeting is to set a plan of action for the coming year(s) and coordinate priority of work at the country and regional level for better implementation and harmonization of activities including sharing of good practices. The meeting will discuss the following:
22 May 2015	Executive Committee	The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), at its twenty-eighth session held in Tunis from 15 to 18 September 2014, adopted resolution 320 (XXVIII) on redesignating the Technical Committee as the “Executive Committee” and amending its terms of reference, so that it may play a greater role in steering and coordinating all ESCWA activities, pursuant to a recommendation made by the Technical Committee at its eighth meeting, held in Amman from 10 to 12 December 2013.
4 August 2017	Executive Secretary of ESCWA Meets Lebanon’s Minister of State for Administrative Reform	United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim visited Friday 4 August 2017 Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Reform Inaya Ezzeddine, heading a delegation comprising Director of Emerging and Conflict Related Issues (ECRI) at ESCWA Tarek Alami, ESCWA Regional Adviser for Emerging and Conflict Related Issues Karam Karam, and ESCWA Regional Advisor for Sustainable Development Adib Nehme.
10 January 2017	Consultative Expert Group Meeting on “Violence against Women in the Arab Region: What is At Stake?”	The EGM aims to review a study on the topic currently under development by the ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW) in partnership with UN-Women and the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University.
11 March 2019	ESCWA Chief visits former Prime Minister	Beirut, 8 March 2019 (ESCWA)--United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Executive Secretary Rola Dashti today called on Lebanese former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. The two officials discussed the socioeconomic situation in Lebanon and the region, and agreed on the important role of ESCWA in devising effective development policies for member countries.
5 May 2017	ITU Regional Development Forum for Arab States - Activities related to ITU Study Groups (ITU-D, ITU-T and ITU-R), Centres of Excellence and Academia Membership	This session will update membership on ITU SGs questions ongoing works, new selected ITU Arab CoEs Network and Academia membership. Moderators: • Mr. Karim Abdelghani, Programme Coordinator, ITU Arab Regional Office • Mr. Mustafa Al Mahdi, Programme Administrator, ITU Arab Regional Office
5 May 2017	ITU Regional Development Forum for Arab States - Regional Partnerships for WSIS and SDGs	This session will focus on the areas where different stakeholders should collaborate regionally to promote WSIS and SDGs in the Arab region.

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