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| 11 December 2014 |
The Role of ICT in Socio-Economic Development |
ESCWA organized an expert group meeting on the Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Socio-Economic Development on 9 and 10 April 2013 at the UN House, Beirut, to discuss the role of ICTs in sustainable development. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Releases 2012 Annual Report |
Under the overall message of “Go Forward”, ESCWA has launched its annual report for the year 2012, in Arabic and English. The report reviews a year of achievements for the regional commission against the backdrop of continued transitions and socio-economic challenges in the Arab region. It focuses on the seven key substantive areas of the ESCWA mandate: sustainable development, social development, economic development, information and communications technology, statistics, advancement of women, and conflict mitigation and development. |
| 11 December 2014 |
The Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Arab Countries, 2006 |
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| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary at UN Headquarters |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader Aldafa introduced yesterday, Monday 22 October, before the Second Committee of the General Assembly (Economic and Financial), the UN Secretary-General’s note transmitting the report on the “Economic and Social Repercussions of the Israeli Occupation on the Living Conditions of the Palestinian People in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab Population in the Occupied Syrian Golan”. Mr. |
| 26 November 2012 |
Opening session of the 2013 Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) |
Your Excellency Dr. Jaffar Hassan, Minister of Planning, Jordan |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA strongly condemns Israel’s attacks on UNRWA schools in Gaza: another episode in a pattern of international law violations |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) joined the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in condemning in the strongest terms the shelling of the Jabalia Elementary Girls’ School on Wednesday, 30 July 2014. The targeted UNRWA-run school was a United Nations-designated shelter in Gaza and a safe haven for 3,300 civilians who had sought refuge there under the banner of the United Nations and international law. |
| 22 September 2015 |
Casablanca Hosts Workshop on Innovative Technologies for Waste Management in Arab Region |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is currently leading efforts to strengthen national capacities in the Arab region on developing green production sectors. On 29-30 September, ESCWA, in partnership with the Economic Commission for Africa’s Sub-regional Office for North Africa (ECA/SRO-NA) and the Moroccan Cleaner Production Center (CMPP), organizes a regional workshop at the Golden Tulip Farah Casablanca Hotel, Morocco, entitled “Innovative Technologies for Waste Management in the Arab Region-Paving the Way for the Transition to a Green Economy.” |
| 9 May 2019 |
Social and Economic Situation of Palestinian Women and Girls (July 2016 - June 2018) |
This report reviews the situation of Palestinian women and girls during the period July 2016-June 2018, focusing on political, social, economic and human rights developments. Building upon previously published research of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on the status of Palestinian women and girls, and drawing upon the most recent data available, this report highlights the complex situation of women and girls, revealing both progress and setbacks in the context of the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza. |
| 11 December 2014 |
On Ageing in the Arab World |
In April 2002, delegates of 160 governments, intergovernmental institutions and NGOs came together at the United Nations Second World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid, Spain, in order to revise the Vienna Plan on Ageing and establish a long-term strategy for aging populations. The Assembly adopted a document entitled the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), which commits governments to integrate the rights and needs of older persons into national, as well as international, economic and social development policies. |
| 13 May 2016 |
Lebanon Needs An Integrated Strategy To Address Rising Food And Nutrition Insecurity |
(ESCWA/WFP) -- Lebanon needs to urgently formulate an integrated National Food and Nutrition Security Strategy to ward off rising food insecurity in the country, an ESCWA report says. The Word Food Programme (WFP) commissioned ESCWA to conduct a Strategic Review of Food and Nutrition Security in Lebanon, which has resulted intangible recommendations to improve food and nutrition security for all communities in the country. |