HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal today called for policy-makers to consider a broad, inclusive, interdisciplinary and systematic framework to better understand the impact of protracted conflict and violence in the West Asia region, at an expert group meeting organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in partnership with the West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Institute. 

ESCWA launches on Tuesday 26 May 2015 its flagship study on "Access to Justice for Women and Girls in the Arab Region: From Ratification to Implementation of International Instruments," in a ceremony that begins at 11 AM at the Business Building of the Lebanese American University (LAU), Room 903. The event is held in partnership with the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW). 

Officials as well as cultural and concerned personalities today gathered at the Beirut based UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) to listen to school children appealing to promote road safety in Lebanon and the Arab world. 
The ceremony was intended to launch a three-day workshop organized by ESCWA on Road Safety under the umbrella of the 3rd UN Global Road Safety Week, and under the auspices of the Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Mr. Nohad El Mashnouk.