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4 October 2017	Opening of the Eighth Session of the Committee on Women	Statement by Mr. Mohamed Ali Alhakim Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) at the opening of the eighth session of the Committee on Women
11 December 2014	UNESCWA to Mobilize Regional Discussions on Migration Ahead of International Dialogue	Beirut, 12 May 2006 (United Nations Information Service)-- With the issue of international migration gaining more weight at the international level, regional organizations and governments are becoming more attentive to the challenges and opportunities it presents.
11 August 2015	Workshop of the Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders in the ESCWA Region	ESCWA is organizing on 8-12 June 2015 the Regional Training-of-Trainers (TOT) workshop within the implementation of the Academy of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Essentials for Government Leaders in the ESCWA Region (AIGLE) at the UN House in Beirut. Participants in the workshop will include high-level experts who have either prepared or reviewed the AIGLE four training modules, in addition to experts nominated by the participating institutions as well as the focal points from the participating Arab countries.
23 August 2019	Enhancing Resilience and Sustainability of Agriculture in the Arab Region	The project aims at enhancing national capacities in addressing resilience and sustainability of the agricultural sector, considering the major challenges facing the Arab region.
24 April 2017	ESCWA Concludes 12th Session of Statistics Committee	On 4 and 5 April ESCWA held the 12th session of its Statistical, at the UN House, Beirut. The meeting launched the first Arabic-language Gender Statistics Toolkit and eLearning module.
11 December 2014	Executive Secretary Says Saudi Arabia to Head Next Ministerial Session	UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy commended the cooperation of the host country, Lebanon, on all levels, particularly security and development, as well as the attention of the Ambassadors of UNESCWA member countries in their capacity as representatives enhancing communication between the Secretariat and the governments of their countries.
11 August 2015	Asia-Pacific Remains Largest Export Destination for Arab Region	ESCWA Director of Economic Development and Integration Division (EDID), Moctar Mohamed El Hacene, today said, “The Asia-Pacific region remains the largest export destination for the Arab region, particularly Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Mauritania, and Yemen; and the deepening of inter-regional economic linkage has been remarked in the area of foreign direct investment and Islamic finance.”
11 December 2014	Yemen National Dialogue: The Work Begins	A leading group of Yemeni prominent personalities will meet at the United Nations House in Beirut tomorrow, Wednesday, at 9:00 am to discuss with experts the outcomes of the Yemen National Dialogue, which was launched in 2011, and the means of their implementation. The meeting will close on Thursday 12 June 2014.
4 October 2019	Sustainable Energy and Gender Empowerment, within the framework of the "Tenth International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development"	Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in rural areas of the Arab region (REGEND)” Project, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) with its national, regional and international partners is organizing a workshop on “Sustainable Energy and Gender Empowerment” to be held the 8th October 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop is part of the 10th International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development (IFESD) organized by the five United Nations Regional Commissions and the Ministry of Energy of the Kingdom of Thailand on 7-8 October 2019 The objective of this workshop is to highlight the importance of enhancing gender equality and diversifying the involvement of women across the sustainable energy value chain based on a human right based approach.
26 May 2016	Arab and World Regions Discuss Implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development	On 24 May 2016, ESCWAة UNEP and LAS organized a meeting on the different regional visions to begin the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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