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| 16 May 2019 |
ESCWA experts delve into intellectual property systems of Arab region |
Beirut, 28 April 2019 (ESCWA)--By 2017, only 0.37% of world-wide patent applications were made at Arab Intellectual Property (IP) offices, with more applications from men than from women. |
| 25 June 2020 |
ESCWA: COVID-19 exposes 32 million older persons to lack of health care and aggravates the problems of young people in the Arab region |
Beirut, 25 June 2020--The devastating effects of COVID-19 have severely impacted two main groups of the Arab population: the young and the elderly. Young people, already registering the highest and fastest growing unemployment rate worldwide—23% in 2020—will face serious challenges in re-entering the job market after the lockdown. The pandemic has also heightened the vulnerability of about 32 million older persons in the region. |
| 5 December 2014 |
The role of Energy Networks in Regional Integration |
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| 24 June 2019 |
1st Joint ESCWA-UNCTAD-OECD Competition Forum for the Arab region |
UNESCWA in partnership with the OECD and UNCTAD convenes the Competition Forum in the Arab region for the first time, which aims to establish an annual knowledge-sharing platform on competition for Arab stakeholders. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Ninth Session of ESCWA Committee on Energy Opens |
Director of ESCWA Sustainable Development and Productivity Division Roula Majdalani today said that much can be done to increase energy efficiency in most Arab countries, which, in coming years, will suffer from the dangers of falling short of meeting the increased demand for power that will rise by 115 percent during the years 2011-2020. Majdalani was speaking at the opening of the Ninth Session of ESCWA‘s Committee on Energy at the Regency Hotel, Kuwait. The Committee concludes tomorrow Thursday, and is attended by specialized representatives of ESCWA Member States. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Meets Bahraini Prime Minister, Holds Press Conference to Conclude Bahrain Meeting |
The National Conference on Social Development in Bahrain, organized by the Kingdom’s Ministry of Social Development and UNESCWA on 24-25 April 2006, ended with a press conference at the Manama Crown Plaza Hotel held by Bahraini Minister of Social Development Fatima Al-Bloushi and UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy. |
| 8 September 2020 |
Presentation of final results of the comprehensive baseline mapping study for the energy situation of the building sector in Tunisia |
The objective of this National Workshop is to present to the key actors in the building sector in Tunisia – in particular, the project’s National Task Force – the final results of the comprehensive baseline mapping study for the energy situation of the building sector in Tunisia. Members of the Project’s National Task Force, which include representatives of relevant public & private stakeholders for the considered branches of activities and other key actors in the building sector, will be solicited to help in validating these final results. The outputs of this mapping exercise shall constitute the basis for the remaining project activities and will help in defining the main axis and players for conducting the energy efficiency actions in the building sector in Tunisia. |
| 12 August 2015 |
The ESCWA Initiative to Produce PPP Estimates Discussed in Washington |
During a meeting held by the World Bank in Washington D.C. in May 2015, ESCWA delivered a briefing on the methodology and challenges hindered the implementation of the project of producing Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) estimates for the years 2012 and 2013 based on the experiences gained during the 2011 International Comparison Program (ICP) Round. |
| 15 January 2012 |
High-Level Meeting on Reform and Transitions to Democracy |
Your Excellency, President of the Council of Ministers, Mr. Najib Mikati, On behalf of my colleagues, the Executive Secretaries of the Regional Commissions of the United Nations, a warm welcome to you all. I thank His Excellency, the President of the Council of Ministers, Mr. Najib Mikati, for agreeing to holding this high level meeting under his auspices. |
| 28 April 2011 |
Message of the Secretary General To United Nations Seminar On Assistance To The Palestinian People |
Delivered by Ms. Rima Khalaf, Executive Secretary, It is my pleasure to send greetings to the participants in this United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People. I thank the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for focusing on mobilizing international efforts in support of the Palestinian Authority’s state-building programme. |