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| 29 July 2019 |
National Meeting on Women Empowerment and Entrepreneurial Development in the Rural Context: The Role of Renewable Energy |
In the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in rural areas of the Arab region (REGEND)” project, the UN-Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) is organizing a National Meeting on “Women Empowerment and Entrepreneurial Development in the Rural Context: The Role of Renewable Energy”. |
| 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. |
| 26 June 2018 |
Op-ed: World Day to Combat Desertification: Daily Choices Can Save our Planet |
“Land has true value. Invest in it.” That is the theme of this year’s World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, marked annually on June 17th. The Arab region suffers from high levels of dryness, with the desertification of 70 to 80 percent of its land. Most of its countries rank below the poverty line in water resources with more than half of the Arab population facing severe water scarcity. To what extent can our daily choices support the future of our planet? |
| 16 December 2019 |
Arab region caught in an inequality trap |
Beirut, 16 December 2019 (ESCWA)--The region is caught in an inequality trap, argue the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Economic Research Forum (ERF) in their new report titled “Rethinking Inequality in Arab Countries”, which was launched today in Beirut. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Training workshop on industrial statistics in the Arab countries |
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| 5 December 2014 |
Consultative Workshop on the National Profiles of the Information Society In Western Asia |
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| 1 December 2017 |
Intl. Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People |
Statement by Mr. Mohamed Ali Alhakim
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People Mr. Hassan Mneimneh, Chair of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee, and representative of the Prime Minister of Lebanon, |
| 11 December 2014 |
Senior Officials Meet to Begin UNESCWA 24th Ministerial Session |
UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy presented the topics to be covered by Arab ministers participating in the UNESCWA 24th Ministerial Session, chiefly: the New Challenges in the Region and their Impact on the Work of UNESCWA; Facing Youth Unemployment Problems in the UNESCWA Region; Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the UNESCWA Region: the Damascus Declaration; and Review of the Progress Made by Yemen in the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the decade 2001-2010. |
| 9 January 2019 |
Civil Society Organizations Forum ahead of the Fourth Arab Economic and Social Development Summit |
Civil Society Organizations Forum Ahead of the Fourth Arab Economic and Social Development Summit Beirut, Lebanon, 10-11 January 2019 |
| 1 December 2020 |
Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen & ESCWA sign an agreement to support development plans in Yemen |
Beirut-Riyadh, 30 November 2020--Yemen has been struggling for decades with multiple challenges, including a fragile infrastructure, and high rates of poverty and food insecurity, which have placed it among the world’s least developed countries. This situation has prompted international and regional organizations concerned with development in Yemen to work together on formulating development programmes to address these challenges, including through studies, research and projects aimed at combating poverty and achieving the internationally agreed development goals. |