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| 11 August 2015 |
تحديات السلامة والبيئة لقطاع توزيع المشتقات النفطية في لبنان |
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| 11 August 2015 |
خلف: جريمة قتل الدوابشة نتيجة الاحتلال وثقافة الإفلات من العقاب |
أدانت وكيلة الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة والأمينة التنفيذية للجنة الاقتصادية والاجتماعية لغربي آسيا (الإسكوا)، د. ريما خلف، الجريمة المروعة المتمثلة بقتل الرضيع الفلسطيني علي سعد الدوابشة حرقاً في منزله في قرية دوما الفلسطينية المحتلة على يد مستوطنين إسرائيليين، وأكدت أن هذه الجريمة تأتي في سياق مسلسل اعتداءات المستوطنين شبه اليومية على الفلسطينيين وممتلكاتهم، فكان سبق هذه الجريمة أكثر من 120 اعتداءً مباشراً منذ بداية العام الحالي فقط. |
| 12 August 2015 |
ESCWA Launches Arab Decade of Sustainable Energy for All from Amman |
On 23 March 2015 the Jordanian capital, Amman, hosted the Arab launch of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (2014-2024), as declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. |
| 12 August 2015 |
Measuring and Monitoring the Living Conditions in Palestine |
On 14 April 2015, ESCWA signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) at the UN House in Beirut on the implementation of a survey to assess the impact of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza strip in 2014, and the socioeconomic living conditions of Palestinian households in the West Bank and the Gaza strip. |
| 12 August 2015 |
Change Management in Public Sector Reform in Iraq |
"Change Management in Public Sector Reform in Iraq" was the title of the capacity development workshop held by ESCWA in Istanbul, Turkey, from 20 to 28 April 2015. It was organized in collaboration with the Lebanese Institutes des Finances Basil Fuleihan within the framework of the Iraq Public Sector Modernization (IPSM) Programme of the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) which has been supporting the public sector reform agenda of the country, such as decentralization, service delivery, and capacity development. |
| 12 August 2015 |
School Students Visit ESCWA, Get Briefed on its Activities |
"What ESCWA is, What ESCWA Does," was the main theme of a briefing presented by Nadine Daou, Researcher in ESCWA Social Development Division, and Mirane Abi Zaki and Maryam Sleiman, Public Information Assistants, to a group of students from the Frères Libanais School- Hadath, who visited ESCWA headquarters on 4 and 5 May 2015. |
| 12 August 2015 |
For Advancing Iraqi Public Sector Reforms |
On 21 May 2015, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) concluded the first Familiarization Seminars on Knowledge Management in support of ongoing public sector reforms in Iraq, including the Kurdistan Region. |
| 12 August 2015 |
2nd Session of the Arab High-Level Forum on Sustainable Development |
Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the city of Manama saw the gathering of around 400 Arab high level personalities in the Second Session of the Arab High-Level Forum on Sustainable Development (AFSD), which was organized by ESCWA and the UN Environment Program (UNEP) in cooperation with the League of Arab States (LAS) on 5-7 May 2015. |
| 12 August 2015 |
Third UN Global Road Safety Week |
Under the auspices of Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities Nohad El Mashnouk, and on the occasion of the Third UN Global Road Safety Week, ESCWA convened a workshop in Beirut, which gathered political, cultural and artistic personalities. The workshop was launched with a choir of Abi Bakr Al Siddiq School students who performed traditional songs promoting road safety. Following the opening, attending personalities signed the "Child Declaration on Road Safety". |
| 12 August 2015 |
ESCWA Supports Kuwait for New Groundwater Research Project |
Within the framework of advisory services provided by ESCWA to member countries, the Commission contributed with the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) in the preparation and finalization of the concept note and project proposal for a new groundwater research project. This project aims at enhancing the knowledge and skills of stakeholders in the water sector to formulate policies, implement programmes and develop institutional frameworks aimed at promoting integrated management of water resources. |