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| 11 March 2019 |
Arab calls for better environmental education and green jobs |
Beirut-Cairo, 28 February 2019 (ESCWA)—Achieving development in the Arab region and safeguarding natural resources is possible through reinforcing environmental education and promoting green jobs. |
| 26 September 2016 |
MDG+ Initiative: High Level Meeting on the Water-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
The High Level Meeting is organized by ESCWA, ACWUA and LAS within the framework of the SIDA MDG+ Initiative to report on findings. |
| 20 February 2017 |
ESCWA Marks World Day of Social Justice with Cultural Tones |
ESCWA today marked World Day of Social Justice with particular emphasis on the role of culture and arts in achieving social justice, and with the participation of a host of officials, diplomats, artists, and media figures.
Opening remarks in the ceremony were delivered by Lebanese State Minister for Combating Corruption Nicolas Tueini and by Director of ESCWA Social Development Division Frederico Neto. |
| 5 December 2014 |
2013 Arab MDGs Report to Be Launched from New York |
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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Held a Regional Workshop on Women for Arab Parliaments |
Beirut, 29 July 2010 (UN Information Service) — The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) ended today a Regional Workshop for Arab Parliaments on implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and ending violence against them. Held between 27 and 29 July at the UN House in Beirut, the workshop was organized by ESCWA in cooperation with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Lebanese Parliament and the United Nations Development Programme-Parliamentary Development Initiative in the Arab Region (UNDP-PDIAR). |
| 1 April 2015 |
Amman Hosts 11th Session of ESCWA Statistical Committee |
The Jordanian capital, Amman, hosts the 11th Session of the Statistical Committee of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on 4 and 5 February 2015 at the Kempinski Hotel. The Session is entitled “The Data Revolution for Support and Monitoring of the Post-2015 Development Agenda”. |
| 11 December 2014 |
2013 Arab MDGs Report to Be Launched from New York |
On Monday the 23rd of September 2013, the United Nations Headquarters in New York will witness the launching of the Arab Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report 2013 in a ceremony, which will be held at 13:15 (1:15 pm). |
| 28 April 2020 |
ESCWA & ILO hold an Arab social protection experts meeting to face the COVID-19 crisis |
Beirut, 28 April 2020 (ESCWA)--In a region suffering from high rates of poverty and unemployment, and marred with conflict and displacement, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is devastating. |
| 16 March 2016 |
E-forum on Media and Development |
The Social Development Division at ESCWA has conducted in the period of four months in 2010 three online discussion forums on the following thematic areas: (a) Government -civil-society participation in public policy processes including social policies (1 July to 30 August 2010); (b) Media and Development (1 August to 30 September 2010); and (c) Social Integration towards achieving participation (1 September to 30 October 2010). |
| 29 December 2020 |
ESCWA: The Arab region faces two scenarios for 2021 |
Beirut, 29 December 2020--The Arab region faces two economic scenarios for 2021: an optimistic one projecting a growth rate of 3.5% and one that is less optimistic, limiting growth prospects to 2.8%. The actual path will hinge on the ability of Arab countries to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused losses of about $140 billion for the region, resulting in an estimated -3% growth contraction in 2020. |