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| 2 July 2019 |
Lebanese Minister launches Open Government workshop, commends ESCWA presence in Lebanon |
Beirut, 2 July 2019 (ESCWA)— Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Reform May Chidiac today praised the synergy that exists between Lebanon and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The presence of the Commission in Lebanon has rendered it the general UN Headquarters in the Arab region and the most suitable setting for intellectual interaction. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Regional Commission Discusses Key Role of Information and Communication Technologies |
Beirut, Tuesday 03 April 2012 (Communication and Information Unit)-- ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Nadim Khouri today said Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) played a key role during the Arab spring whether through the communication tools or the online social media. Khouri was addressing the opening session of the sixth meeting of ESCWA Consultative Committee on Scientific and Technological Development and Technological Innovation (ESTIC), held at the UN House, Beirut. |
| 27 April 2018 |
Workshop on Goal 5 builds capacity in Arab region to achieve women’s empowerment and gender equality |
Beirut, 19 April 2018 (Communication and Information Unit) – A two-day regional workshop was recently organized to build the capacities of members of the UN-ESCWA Sub-Committee on the implementation of SDG 5, and to provide them with best practices on the preparation of Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) which are presented annually at the United Nations High Level Political Forum in New York. |
| 5 December 2014 |
The Fifth Expert Group Meeting on the Regional Initiative for the Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR) |
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| 15 August 2018 |
Arab Region Parliamentary Forum on the 2030 Agenda |
The Forum aims to enhance the awareness and engagement of parliamentarians in the implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda in the Arab region. |
| 22 June 2015 |
RICCAR Regional Workshop on Moving from Climate Change Impact Assessment to Socio-Economic Vulnerability Assessment in the Arab Region |
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| 11 December 2014 |
First Arab States Regional South-South Development EXPO |
The first Arab States Regional South-South Development Expo was held on 18 to 20 February 2014, hosted by the State of Qatar and co-organized by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation and the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States. The Expo bore the motto “Solutions to Action”. The main objective of the Expo was to serve as a platform for matching capacities of the solution providers with the needs of the solution seekers, which will potentially lead to practical exchanges of South-South solutions and experiences in the region. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Regional Workshop on Climate Prediction/Projection and Extreme Events Indices in the Arab Region |
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| 22 February 2021 |
Launch of the Project on the “Inter-Regional Cooperation on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda” in Amman, Jordan |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Participates in Dialogue for Regional Commissions |
With nine of its member countries accounting for some 56 and 30 per cent of oil and natural gas world supplies, the UN-ESCWA region is especially rich in these resources, said Executive Secretary Bader Omar AlDafa. At the same time, other member countries have little or no gas or oil reserves. Such disparities among and between countries of the region had kept average growth over the past two years at about 5.6 per cent. |
