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| 11 December 2014 |
Energy for Sustainable Development |
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.
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| 8 January 2018 |
The Demographic Profiles of Arab States, 2017 |
The profiles provide demographic data and trends per Arab country for the period 1980-2050. |
| 12 August 2019 |
At ESCWA, Lebanese youth discuss linkages between innovation and sustainable development |
Beirut, 09 August 2019 (ESCWA)--On Thursday 8 August, 200 young Lebanese women and men, aged between 18 and 30, got together at ESCWA to mark International Youth Day under the theme “Youth Innovation for Lebanon’s Sustainable Development”. |
| 16 June 2020 |
RICCAR Webinar Series on Climate Change Analysis using GIS Tools |
ESCWA is organizing a virtual workshop series targeting government officials and researchers in the Arab region who are working in the area of climate change impact assessment and analysis using geospatial information system (GIS) tools, particularly in the water and agricultural sectors. |
| 23 January 2017 |
Arab Experts Meet Tomorrow to Track Progress toward Implementation of Energy-Related SDGs |
Beirut, 23 January 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) – Under the framework of its work on sustainable energy, ESCWA is organising an expert group meeting (EGM) on “Tracking Progress toward the Implementation of Energy Related Sustainable Development Goals in the Arab Region” on 24-25 January 2017, at the UN House, Riad El-Solh Square, Beirut, Lebanon. |
| 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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| 5 December 2014 |
Joint Interregional Seminar on Capacity Building in Economic Assessment of Interregional Linkages and in Facilitation of International Transport between ESCWA, ESCAP,ECE and ECA |
An Inter-regional Seminar on the Economic Assessment of International Transport Linkages and on Transport Facilitation will take place at the Grand Tiba Rose Hotel, Air force Defense Club, Heliopolis, Cairo, 26-28 June 2007. This seminar is organized by the United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in cooperation with the United Nations' Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) under the patronage of H.E. Eng. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Discusses Social Protection as Development |
ESCWA today opened a workshop on “Social Protection as Development” at the UN House in Beirut with the aim of developing effective and integrated systems in this field. The workshop’s opening was attended by Palestinian Minister of Social Affairs Magida El Masri, Jordanian Minister of Labor Mahmoud Kafawin, ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Nadim Khoury and Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs’ representative Randa Bou Hamdan. |
| 10 December 2020 |
ESCWA: 2 Arab countries among world’s top 10 richest and 2 others among the 5 least expensive |
Beirut, 10 December 2020--Qatar and the United Arab Emirates ranked second and eighth respectively among the world’s top 10 richest countries, while Egypt and the Sudan ranked first and third respectively among the 5 least expensive countries, according to a new report released today by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). |
| 22 January 2020 |
Arab Report on the Periodic Review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action after 25 Years |
This document provides a summary of the Arab report on the periodic review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action after 25 years. The aforementioned report reviews the achievements made by Arab countries in fulfilling their commitments under the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and analyses the challenges facing the region in that regard through highlighting the regional political, security, economic, social and cultural dimensions and analyzing how these impact gender equality and women’s advancement. |
