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| 26 February 2015 |
The International Comparison Program in a Nutshell |
The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a global statistical initiative aimed at estimating purchasing power parities (PPPs) that are used to convert gross domestic product (GDP) and its components from national currency denominations into common international currency units at equal price. Today, the ICP has become not only the largest international statistical program in the world, but also the most complex, involving 199 countries worldwide. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Expert Group Meeting on Urban Governance and the Millennium Development Goals Hosted by Kuwait |
UN-ESCWA (The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia), in cooperation with the Technical Secretariat of the Arab Council of Ministers for Social Affairs/Development and Social Policies Division/General Secretariat of the League of Arab States (LAS), Arab Towns Organization (ATO), the Kuwaiti Office of the Minister of State for Municipality Affairs and all related governmental institutions in Kuwait, holds an expert group meeting (EGM) on “Urban Governance and the Millennium Development Goals: Towards Implementing MDGs' Target 11 (Equitable Cities)”, from 10 to 12 Dec |
| 9 March 2018 |
Arab Preparatory Meeting on Environmental and Natural Resources Issues for the 2018 AFSD & HLPF |
To highlight means by which societies in the Arab region can become more resilient to address risks arising from pollution and natural resource depletion, conserve terrestrial ecosystems, and shift to more sustainable consumption and production patterns. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary participates in Climate Change Conference |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UN-ESCWA (Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) Executive Secretary Mr. Bader Omar Al Dafa delivered today 12 December 2007, a presentation on “Strategies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change in the ESCWA Region”, in the side-event organized by the five regional commissions of the United Nations, during the conference on climate change the international organization on 3-14 December in Bali, Indonesia. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Sixth Session of the Committee on Social Development |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Cairo Hosts two UN-ESCWA Workshops on the Management of Shared Aquifers Systems |
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) is conducting two consultative workshops on the joint management of shared aquifer systems in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (MEDA) region from 14 to 17 January 2008, at the Shepherd Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. |
| 15 January 2015 |
Economic Statistics |
The Economics Statistics Section works to build the statistical capacity of member States, and to update national accounts systems. The section collects annual national statistics from member States on gross domestic product and GDP growth, gross value added |
| 22 August 2019 |
A Common Arab Regional Job Competencies Framework for Senior Public Servants |
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| 5 December 2014 |
EGM on the "Development of a Vulnerability Assessment for the Arab Region to Assess Climate Change Impacts on the Water Resources Sector" |
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| 11 December 2014 |
The Fourth Middle East and North Africa Renewable Energy Conference MENAREC 4 |
UNESCWA co-organized "The Fourth Middle East and North Africa Renewable Energy Conference- MENAREC4" in cooperation with the Syrian Ministry of Electricity, the United Nations Environment Programme - Regional Office for Western Asia, and with the support of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. The conference was held in Damascus & Palmyra, Syria from 21 to 24 June 2007.
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