Migiro Opens Regional Coordination

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro will open the 12th Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) Meeting at 10:00 am on Saturday 13 September at the UN House-Beirut. In addition to Migiro, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader Omar AlDafa will deliver an opening statement at the meeting. This year’s RCM Meeting, which will last until Sunday 14 September, will review emerging global issues and challenges and their implication for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Arab region including the subjects of Climate Change and Food Security. In addition, the meeting will review the implementation of the recommendations of the last RCM meeting, which was held in June 2006 at the UN House in Beirut. Furthermore, the meeting will be launching an information guide supportive to Arab MDGs reports on Gender in MDGs, at 10 AM on Sunday 14 September 2008. The RCM aims to strengthen coherence and cooperation among UN organizations in the Arab region; exchange information at the inter-agency level; and facilitate coordination and promote joint action in order to better serve the countries of the region and to maximize combined impact of the UN work.