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10 Jun 2020 | Press release The Arab region will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: a new UN report
3 Jun 2020 | Press release 31 Arab billionaires own as much wealth as half of the region’s population
26 May 2020 | News Implications of the novel Coronavirus on the performance of the Pan-Arab Free Trade Area
14 May 2020 | Press release New ESCWA & UAB brief: Major Arab stock markets register value losses of about 25% in the first quarter of 2020
30 Apr 2020 | Press release ESCWA launches the second phase of its Libya Socioeconomic Dialogue project to support the Libyans in formulating a development vision for their future
28 Apr 2020 | News ESCWA & ILO hold an Arab social protection experts meeting to face the COVID-19 crisis
27 Apr 2020 | News Special meeting of the ESCWA Committee on Women: policy responses to protect women and girls from the impact of COVID-19
23 Apr 2020 | Press release ESCWA warns of a historic decline in foreign direct investment in the Arab region due to COVID-19
15 Apr 2020 | Press release 74 million in the Arab region at risk of COVID-19 due to lack of access to a handwashing facility
14 Apr 2020 | Op-ed Open Letter from the Regional Directors of UNDP, UNWOMEN, UNFPA and ESCWA in the Arab States Region to Governments in the Region
6 Apr 2020 | Press release ESCWA & partners warn: violence against women has increased due to COVID-19; Women will lose twice as much as men in terms of jobs
1 Apr 2020 | Press release 8.3 million people will fall into poverty in the Arab region due to COVID-19
