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| 5 December 2014 |
Global Harmonization of Arabic Script Use in Domain Names, 4th Meeting |
During the past three decades, ASCII characters were the only allowed characters to be used in the domain names of the Internet. However, the start of the new millennium introduced the concept of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) which allowed the use of non-ASCII character sets, including the Arabic script, in domain names. |
| 19 February 2016 |
Energy policy in the Arab Region |
ESCWA recently issued a publication entitled “Analysis of Energy Policy Trends in the Arab Region” (click here to access the publication and/or download it). This publication attempts to provide an analysis of the past national policy trends that shaped the evolution of the domestic energy situation in the Arab region, as well as the present policies and institutions that are in place. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Economic Policies Supporting the Transition to a Green Economy in the Arab Region |
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| 25 February 2019 |
Advancing the Land Governance Agenda in the Arab Region: Planning Session |
A planning event on advancing land governance in the region to discuss how to join efforts to achieve the goals outlined in the Dubai Declaration |
| 30 January 2018 |
Second Consultative Meeting on Food Security Assessment and Monitoring in the Arab Region |
This meeting falls under component four of the project “Enhancing the assessment capacity of the status of food security in the Arab countries” |
| 7 January 2019 |
Executive Committee Fifth meeting discusses current and future work of ESCWA |
Beirut, 28 December 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)--Challenges to development in the region and suggested orientations for the future work of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) were thoroughly discussed in Beirut at the fifth meeting of the Executive Committee in charge of steering and coordinating all the activities of the Commission. |
| 5 December 2014 |
EGM on the "Development of a Vulnerability Assessment for the Arab Region to Assess Climate Change Impacts on the Water Resources Sector" |
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| 21 January 2016 |
Wars and low oil prices slow economic activity in Western Asia, says UN report |
Beirut, 21 January 2016 (Communication and Information Unit)--Military conflicts and the slump in oil prices, combined with a world economy that stumbled in 2015, are holding back economic growth in Western Asia according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016 report that was released today.
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| 4 March 2016 |
The 3rd Regional Civil Society Organizations Meeting on the Post-2015 Development Agenda |
As the deadline for achieving the MDGs draws near, the ongoing process of the new UN-led Development Agenda that will culminate in New York in September 2015 constitutes a vital opportunity for different stakeholders in the Arab region to identify the regional priorities for the future development framework and express the needs and aspirations of Arab people to achieve inclusive and integrated development. In parallel, another important UN process is taking place in the context of financing development. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Lebanese Agriculture Minister Opens ESCWA Workshop on Sustainable Agricultural Production |
Beirut, 27 September 2011 (UN Information Service) — ESCWA today held a workshop on “Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) to promote sustainable agricultural production, food quality and safety, environmental protection and trade in the Arab Region,” at the UN House in Beirut. The workshop was organized in cooperation with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and under the patronage of the Lebanese Minister of Agriculture Hussein Al Hajj Hassan. |