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ESCWA Committee on Water Resources Concludes 10th Session



The Tenth Session of ESCWA Committee on Water Resources concluded its deliberations on 22 March, coinciding with the International Water Day, with the adoption of over 24 recommendations submitted...

Eighth Gulf Water Conference – with special panel on AWARENET

EGM on the "Development of a Vulnerability Assessment for the Arab Region to Assess Climate Change Impacts on the Water Resources Sector"



 

Climate change impacts are being felt in many sectors in the Arab region. The Arab...
Doha School Hosts Water Day in Cooperation with the UN Information Centre



Tuesday 24 May 2011 (UN Information Centre) – In cooperation with the UN Information Centre (UNIC) in Beirut, Doha School is organizing a “Water Day” this coming Friday 27 may 2011, from 9:30 AM...

Deputy Executive Secretary Opens Meeting on Water-Energy Nexus, Raises Concerns on Achieving Sustainable Development



ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Nadim Khouri opened today the consultative intergovernmental meeting on the “Water and Energy Nexus in the ESCWA Region” at the UN House in Beirut. In his...

Country and Regional Profiles for Sustainable Development Indicators with Selected Sectors in the ESCWA Region: Water Management Sector

E/ESCWA/SDPD/2005/Booklet.2

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Coordination Meeting on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Consultative Meeting: Proposal for Formation of an Arab Water Utilities Network (AWUN)

Consultative Meeting on the Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia

Consultative Meeting for the Arab Parliamentarians on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

Committee on Water Resources Holds 10th Session, Discusses Regional Water Cooperation



In light of the challenges and obstacles confronting the Arab region in the area of integrated water resources management, and since the General Assembly of the United Nations has declared 2013 as...

Capacity building workshop for ‎parliamentarians on IWRM ‎

Cairo to Host UNESCWA-GTZ Meeting on Regional Water Utilities



Under the auspices of Egyptian Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Planning Ahmed El Magraby, and in the presence of Mr. Mahmoud Abu-Zeid, Minister of Water resources and Irrigation, UNESCWA...

Cairo to Host UN-ESCWA Meeting on Regional Water Management



Beirut, 27 July 2007 (UN Information Services)-- On 30-31 July 2007, Cairo will host a workshop organized by UN-ESCWA on “Evaluation and Adaptation of Existing Water Visions and Forecasts for...

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 (...

Building the Capacity of Palestinians in Negotiation Skills on Shared Water Resources Issues

Briefing of High Level Officials on the Application of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

Bolster Food and Water Security in the Arab region



On 11 December 2014, ESCWA and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) launched of a four-year project to bolster food and water security in the Arab region. SIDA has...

Back-to-Back:Intergovernmental Consultative Meeting on the Water and Energy Nexus / EGM on Enhancing the sustainable management of water, energy and land

Arabic Terminology in the Field of Productivity and Sustainable Development: Glossary of Shared Water Resources, Technical, Socio-Economical and Legal Terminology (Advanced Copy)

E/ESCWA/SDPD/2009/Glossary.1

This glossary of common terminology used in shared water resources was prepared in response to a request from the Committee of Water Resources at ESCWA at its Sixth Session (Beirut, 2-4 December...

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