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| 20 October 2017 |
Workshop on Sound Institutional Environment, Cooperation, Dialogue and Partnerships for the Production and Utilization of SDG Indicators |
The workshop will address the institutional environment for official statistics in support of monitoring progress towards the SDGs, including governance, leadership, coordination mechanisms and tools as well as dialogue and partnership between producers and users of data and statistics. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA 25th Ministerial Session Kicks Off, Names |
Under the auspices of President Ali Abdallah Saleh, and the theme of "Financing for Development in the ESCWA region", the 25th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, (UN-ESCWA), opened today at the level of senior officials at the Movenpick Hotel – Sana'a. The Ministerial segment is set to be inaugurated on Wednesday 28 May 2008. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Regional Commission calls for Arab Integration as a Development Imperative in the 21st Century Despite obstacles, there are still good reasons to believe that the dream of Arab unity can be realized |
On 25 February 2014, UN Undersecretary General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf launched from Tunis a remarkable report entitled “Arab Integration: A 21st Century Development Imperative” with the participation of Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, former Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and a crowd of political, economic, intellectual and public figures. Media representatives who took part in the ceremony received a press kit, which we will re-publish over five parts, in view of the importance of the issues the Report addresses. |
| 25 November 2011 |
16th Meeting of the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) |
Excellency, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro, Friends and colleagues, I am pleased to welcome you all at the 16th Meeting of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for the Arab States. |
| 8 September 2020 |
Regional Workshop on the Integration of Big Data and Geospatial Information for the Compilation of SDG Indicators in Arab Countries |
Geographic location is needed to know where a situation is present or where an event has occurred, and to allow decision makers to respond. The integration of geospatial information with data and statistics for SDGs is also instrumental for the production of a number of indicators and in enabling data interoperability across data ecosystems and linking data sets within and across countries. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Deputy Secretary-General Opens 12th Regional Coordination Mechanism Meeting; Says Arab Region Emerging as True Leader in Development |
UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said on Saturday that the Arab region is emerging as a true leader in development – from burgeoning intra-regional investment in infrastructure to energy security. The Arab countries and people are doing more and more to contribute to one another’s’ development. “It is not an exaggeration to say that the Arab Region is one of vast historical and cultural richness. Today this wealth is, in many cases, complemented by economic prosperity,” Migiro said. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Regional Networking and Partnership for Information Society Development |
1) Background |
| 11 December 2014 |
Senior Officials Segment of ESCWA’S 27th Session Kicks Off |
Beirut, 7 May 2012 (ESCWA Communication and Information Unit)— The Senior Official Segment of ESCWA’s 27th Ministerial Session opened today at the U.N. House in Beirut. Speakers at the opening were the Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCWA, Mr. Nadim Khoury, the Director of International Cooperation in the Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Ms. Zeina Touqan, representing the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which chaired the 26th Session, and the Executive Director of the Economic Policy Affairs in the Emirati Ministry of Economy, Mr. Mohamad Saleh Shalwah. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Senior Officials Segment of ESCWA’S 27th Session Kicks Off |
The Senior Official Segment of ESCWA’s 27th Ministerial Session opened on 7 May at the U.N. House in Beirut. Speakers at the opening were the Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCWA, Mr. Nadim Khoury, the Director of International Cooperation in the Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Ms. Zeina Touqan, representing the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which chaired the 26th Session, and the Executive Director of the Economic Policy Affairs in the Emirati Ministry of Economy, Mr. Mohamad Saleh Shalwah. |
| 21 April 2015 |
Amman Hosts Arab Launch of UN Decade of Sustainable Energy for All,ESCWA Committees on Energy and Water Resources |
The Jordanian capital, Amman, will host this coming week at the Kempinski Hotel a series of inter-governmental events held by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and attended by high-level figures and experts in the areas of energy, water and food security. |