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| 11 December 2014 |
Launch of Decade of Action for Road Safety in ESCWA |
From the UN headquarters in Beirut, and in cooperation with Lebanese actress Carmen Lebbos, ESCWA launched on 17 May the “Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.” The event was held the auspices and in the presence of caretaker Lebanese Minister of Interior Ziad Baroud, and a slew of diplomats and government officials from ESCWA’s 14 member countries. |
| 30 January 2019 |
Tomorrow ESCWA launches first regional Data Portal; 13th Statistical Committee pushes for further improving official work |
Beirut, 30 January 2019 (Communication and Information Unit)--Tomorrow at noon, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) will launch the first-of-its-kind Arab region Data Portal (EDP) that offers users a variety of statistical services and products covering a range of social and economics areas, while facilitating open access to a wealth of statistical data, analysis, and information on its member states. |
| 15 March 2019 |
Second Arab High-level Forum on WSIS and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |
Second Arab High-level Forum on WSIS and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Beirut, Lebanon, 19-21 March 2019 |
| 11 December 2014 |
World Water Day at ESCWA, Optimizing Water Use Urged |
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said agriculture is by far the main user of freshwater, and unless we increase our capacity to wisely manage its use, we will fail to end hunger and we will open the door to a range of other ills, including drought, famine and political instability. The admonition came in a message by Ban on the occasion of the World Water Day, which was marked today by at the UN House in Beirut by ESCWA, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC). |
| 21 December 2017 |
Moderate growth in Western Asia in 2018: UN report |
UN Department of Public Information (13 December 2017)__An upturn in the global economy—now growing by about 3 per cent— paves the way to reorient policy towards longer-term issues such as addressing climate change, tackling existing inequalities and removing institutional obstacles to development, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2018 Report. |
| 26 November 2018 |
Executive Committee, 5th meeting |
The Executive Committee plays an important role in steering and coordinating all of the Commission’s activities, tracking the implementations of recommendations and the application of discussed agendas, as well as following up on important regional and global issues including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. |
| 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. |
| 14 November 2017 |
Digital Arabic Content Start-ups |
A list of Digital Arabic Content Start-ups from various countries in the Arab region. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Electronic/Mobile Government in Arab States: Building Capacity in Knowledge Management through Partnership |
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| 26 September 2017 |
RICCAR Arab Climate Change Assessment Report |
The Arab Climate Change Assessment Report (ACCAR) was produced in the framework of The Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR). |