Press release
25 Nov 2017
Beirut , Lebanon
ESCWA Hosts Three Major Meetings Next Week With the Presence of HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan and Lebanese Minister Inaya Ezzeddine
Monday 27 November, at 9:00am: Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Reform Dr. Inaya Ezzeddine will open the Regional Forum on “National Knowledge and Technology Development and Transfer Systems.”
Monday 27 November at 10:00am: UN Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Dr. Mohamed Alhakim will inaugurate the 11th session of the Committee on Liberalization of Foreign trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development.
Minister-level representatives of trade ministries of ESCWA member states will attend this session.
ESCWA will also hold a back-to-back workshop on Trade Toolkit for Impact Analysis on 28 and 29 November 2017 at the UN House in Beirut.
Tuesday 28 November, at 9:30am: HRH Jordanian Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan will open the seventh Board of Directors of ESCWA Technology Centre.
The ESCWA Communication and Information Unit (ECIU) kindly requests media representatives wishing to cover these meetings to confirm their attendance on the following numbers in order to facilitate their access: +96170827372 | +96170008879 | +96170079021