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14 December 2020	Regional Expert Meeting on National Digital Development Reviews 2.0 – Enhanced Methodology and Updated Guiding Template	Within the framework of the project on advancing digital cooperation and development Arab States Action Programme, ESCWA is organizing the Second Regional Expert Meeting on “National Digital Development Reviews 2.0 – Enhanced Methodology and Updated Guiding Template”, via internet. The meeting will gather the Arab countries that participated in the first round of the National Digital Development Reviews (NDDRs) for 2019 and countries wishing to participate in the 2021 round. The Regional Expert Meeting aims to introduce the enhanced toolkit to be used for developing the 2021 National Digital Development Reviews (NDDRs) and the next Arab Digital Development Report (ADDR) edition to help Arab policy makers devise tailored evidence-based policies and strategies for advancing digital development and digital cooperation at the national and regional levels. Innovative suggested tools will also be discussed for potential piloting by interested countries and organizations. Furthermore, the meeting will pave the way towards the collaboration in the elaboration of the Arab ICT Strategy/Arab Digital Agenda (ADAICTS) which initiation and details will be further discussed with prospective partners in a dedicated meeting planned to take place on 21 December 2020, whereby ESCWA and LAS will join efforts with Arab countries and concerned UN and Arab organizations to shape the ADAICTS and agree on the way forward for advancing digital development and digital cooperation in the region for the next ten years.
29 August 2017	ES Statement to the Economic and Social Council of the League of Arab States	Statement by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Executive Secretary of ESCWA to the Economic and Social Council of the League of Arab States
11 December 2014	Ninth Session of UN-ESCWA Transport Committee
23 September 2013	Arab Millennium Development Goals Report 2013 Confronting the Challenges and Looking Beyond 2015	Statement by Ms. Rima Khalaf Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Chairperson of the United Nations Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) for the Arab States at the launching of the Arab Millennium Development Goals Report 2013 Confronting the Challenges and Looking Beyond 2015 New York, 23 September 2013
25 November 2011	16th Meeting of the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM)	Excellency, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro, Friends and colleagues, I am pleased to welcome you all at the 16th Meeting of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for the Arab States.
29 March 2018	Water experts agree on priority issues for Arab region to achieve 2030 Agenda	Beirut, 29 March 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)--- Water experts from the Arab region wrapped up a two-day meeting on Thursday at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) that explored regional views on water-related issues and agreed on priorities for the Arab region.
6 July 2020	The Sustainable Development Dialogues in the Arab Region – an ASDR 2020 series	The Sustainable Development Dialogues in the Arab Region is an ASDR 2020 webinar series organized by ESCWA and UN partners, to address priority issues of the region.
5 December 2016	Palestine Day in Beirut	“Wherever they may be, Palestinians have suffered from the discriminatory policies pursued by successive Israeli Governments. Attempts by one ethnic or religious group to dominate another are inherently no different from the apartheid regime that the world thought had been eradicated in South Africa in the 1990s.” United Nations Undersecretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf said.
11 December 2014	Transport as Region’s Backbone
22 September 2017	Under the Auspices of the Lebanese President of the Council of Ministers the High-Level Conference on Climate Impact Assessment and Adaptation in the Arab Region to Open Next Tuesday	Beirut, 22 September (Communication and Information Unit)—A crowd of ministers, high-level dignitaries and governmental and non-governmental experts will gather in Beirut next week to participate in the “High-Level Conference on Climate Impact Assessment and Adaptation in the Arab Region”, which ESCWA is co-organizing with 11 institutions under the auspices of Lebanese President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri, from 26 to 28 September at the Hilton Sin El Fil Hotel.

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