ESCWA opened yesterday its regional meeting on the Follow-up to the Outcome of the World Summit on the Information Society in Damascus, with keynote speakers stressing the importance of building and strengthening the information society in the Arab region, to further push the development process. "Establishing the information society in our region requires the combination of efforts by the governments and the private sector, including regional training and research organizations", ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader AlDafa said.

In light of a new wave of socioeconomic discontent in the Arab region, exemplified by the recent anti-austerity protests in Tunisia, there has been a reexamination of the relationship between economic reform and poverty reduction programs spearheaded by multilateral development banks, and the social and economic problems that countries have experienced.
 

Beirut-Cairo, 24 February 2021--The first Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in the Arab region started today. The two-day conference will be attended by Member States and all relevant stakeholders who will reflect on the progress made since the adoption in 2018 of the GCM – the first inter-governmentally negotiated agreement addressing international migration in all its dimensions.
 

Beirut, 02 October 2018 (Communication and Information Unit) – Improving the quality of data on persons with disabilities was the focus of a recent meeting in Cairo, Egypt, attended by thirteen countries of the Arab region (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen) as well as international experts and representatives of UN agencies, civil society and Disabled People’s Organizations.