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| 24 March 2015 |
External Trade Bulletin of the Arab Region, No. 23 |
This Bulletin presents data and statistical indicators on external trade in goods of ESCWA region. Data are until 2013 and were drawn from different sources. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Lions Honors the United Nations |
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| 12 October 2018 |
Project on Population and Development |
Launched in summer of 2014, the DA Project titled “Strengthened national capacities for integrated, sustainable, and inclusive population and development policies in the Arab region” (the Project), capitalized on the momentum generated by the Cairo Declaration of the June 2013 Regional Conference on Population and Development in the Arab States. |
| 19 December 2016 |
Task Force on Population and Housing Census for Arab Countries in 2020 Census Round, 2nd Meeting |
The UN-ESCWA Statistical Committee at its eleventh session, Amman, 4-5 February 2015 asked ESCWA to and its member countries to revive the Task Force on Population and Housing in the Arab countries. The Committee asked ESCWA to coordinate the Task Force activities in cooperation with international and regional related organizations to assist the Arab countries to implement their population census during the period 2015-2024. |
| 2 September 2016 |
First Model ESCWA in Partnership with AUB Centre for Civic Engagement and Community Service |
ESCWA is convening the first “Model ESCWA” at 9:00 AM on Saturday, the 10th September 2016, at the UN House, Beirut. This project is held in partnership with the Centre for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB). |
| 19 February 2016 |
Energy policy in the Arab Region |
ESCWA recently issued a publication entitled “Analysis of Energy Policy Trends in the Arab Region” (click here to access the publication and/or download it). This publication attempts to provide an analysis of the past national policy trends that shaped the evolution of the domestic energy situation in the Arab region, as well as the present policies and institutions that are in place. |
| 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). |
| 2 August 2016 |
Khawla Mattar of Bahrain Appointed as Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCWA |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Ms. Rima Khalaf today announced the appointment of Ms. Khawla Mattar (The Kingdom of Bahrain) as Deputy Executive Secretary for Programme Support. |
| 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. |
| 21 April 2021 |
Workshop on the tool for assessing the social justice gaps in policies and programmes and launching the regional report on assessing policies on wages and protection of workers |
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