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18 September 2015	Regional Coordination Mechanism	The Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) was established pursuant to ECOSOC Resolution 1998/46 to hold "regular interagency meetings in each of the five regions (Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America & Caribbean and Western Asia) with a view to improving coordination among the work programmes of the organizations of the United Nations system in each region". The first RCM in the Arab Region was convened by ESCWA in 1999. Since then, meetings have been held annually at the rate of one or two meetings per year.
21 April 2015	Amman Hosts Regional Commission’s High Level Meetings	From 22 to 27 March 2015, the Jordanian capital, Amman, hosted governmental meetings organized by ESCWA. These events, which were attended by high-level figures and experts in the areas of energy, water and food security, included the 10th session of the ESCWA Committee on Energy, an expert group meeting on the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus in the Arab Region, and the 11th session of the ESCWA Committee on Water Resources. Committee on Energy
28 November 2014	International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian 2014
15 June 2016	Arab Population and Housing Censuses	The website of the Arab Population and Housing Censuses (APHC) is a knowledge base of census methodological materials, questionnaires, guidance to countries on implementation population census according to the international standards and recommendations
11 December 2014	UN-ESCWA Technical Committee on Liberalization of Foreign Trade and Economic Globalization
10 December 2016	Justice for the Palestinian People on Agenda of 29th ESCWA Ministerial Council	“Justice for the Palestinian people: fifty years of Israeli occupation” is among the salient issues on the agenda of the ESCWA 29th Ministerial Session, hosted by Qatar on 13-15 December 2016, at the Sheraton Grand, Doha. The Session tackles the Palestinian issue from three angles: The question of apartheid; Premises and approach for calculating the cumulative cost of the occupation; and a proposal for a Communication strategy to support the Palestinian people. Apartheid
24 October 2016	ESCWA on World Information Development Day: Mobile Phone Penetration in Arab Region Exceeds 100 Percent	ESCWA launched the “Regional Profile of the Information Society in the Arab Region, 2003-2015,” the last publication in a series that kicked off in 2003 to monitor and evaluate various aspects of the information society in its Member States, and measure the progress towards building such society.
14 December 2020	Regional Expert Meeting on National Digital Development Reviews 2.0 – Enhanced Methodology and Updated Guiding Template	Within the framework of the project on advancing digital cooperation and development Arab States Action Programme, ESCWA is organizing the Second Regional Expert Meeting on “National Digital Development Reviews 2.0 – Enhanced Methodology and Updated Guiding Template”, via internet. The meeting will gather the Arab countries that participated in the first round of the National Digital Development Reviews (NDDRs) for 2019 and countries wishing to participate in the 2021 round. The Regional Expert Meeting aims to introduce the enhanced toolkit to be used for developing the 2021 National Digital Development Reviews (NDDRs) and the next Arab Digital Development Report (ADDR) edition to help Arab policy makers devise tailored evidence-based policies and strategies for advancing digital development and digital cooperation at the national and regional levels. Innovative suggested tools will also be discussed for potential piloting by interested countries and organizations. Furthermore, the meeting will pave the way towards the collaboration in the elaboration of the Arab ICT Strategy/Arab Digital Agenda (ADAICTS) which initiation and details will be further discussed with prospective partners in a dedicated meeting planned to take place on 21 December 2020, whereby ESCWA and LAS will join efforts with Arab countries and concerned UN and Arab organizations to shape the ADAICTS and agree on the way forward for advancing digital development and digital cooperation in the region for the next ten years.
9 October 2018	Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS) in the Arab Countries, 5th meeting	The expected outcome of the IAEG-GS will be the ESCWA Handbook for SDG5, and ESCWA Household Survey Questionnaire on Violence against Women.
11 December 2014	Tunisia, Libya and Morocco new members of ESCWA Advisory Committee	Beirut, 27 September 2012-- Ms. Rima Khalaf, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) chaired the second meeting of the Advisory Committee this year on 18 September 2012. For the first time, the meeting was attended by the Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia in Lebanon, Mr. Mohammed Fawzi Ballout; the Delegate of Libya, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Planning, Mr. Ali Ahmad El-Saleh; and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco Mr. Ali Omlil. Ms.

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