Within the preparations for the fifty-fourth session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC), ESCWA is holding a virtual meeting to tackle the provisional agenda items designated for "discussion and decision” during the fifteenth session of the ESCWA Statistical Committee. The aim is to come up with a unified Arab position that supports the regional statistical work, enhances the role of the statistical offices and reinforces the proposed national positions regarding those items (available on the UNSC webpage).
11:00–14:00
Beirut time
Preparatory meeting for the Fifty-Fourth session of the United Nations Statistical Commission
Initiatives: Monitoring Sustainable Development Goal Data, Trade & industry statistics, Islamic finance, Economic Statistics and National Accounts, Advancing environment & energy statistics, Financial & macroeconomic statistics for National accounts, Realizing the rights of persons with disabilities, Purchasing Power Parities , Population & Housing Censuses, Gender statistics, Civil registration & vital statistics, Transport statistics