The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Dr. Abdullah Bu Habib, met with the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (“ESCWA”) Rola Dashti, at the head of a delegation.
And ESCWA announced, in a statement, that “the Executive Secretary of ESCWA visited, at the head of a delegation, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Abdullah Bou Habib, and the meeting concluded with a press conference at the United Nations House in Beirut.”
Dashti said: “Our meeting focused on ESCWA’s support for the State of Lebanon, especially with the challenges it faces, and the method of technical and technical assistance in economic and social issues. I assured His Excellency the keenness of ESCWA to remain in Lebanon and work from it to serve the member states.”
She added: “We affirmed that despite the challenges and circumstances that Lebanon and the Lebanese people are going through, we are with them and next to them and are fully prepared to provide any expertise, advice or assistance requested by the State of Lebanon, in the hope that this country and its people will enjoy stability, security, safety, development and prosperity. We look forward to more.” working with the current government.
On the sidelines of the meeting, Dashti stressed that “time is not in the interest and urgent reforms must be made.”
Bou Habib
In turn, Bou Habib affirmed, “The state is satisfied with the presence of ESCWA in Beirut, as it not only provides jobs for the Lebanese, but also provides expertise in all fields,” noting that “Lebanon today needs technical and technical support from ESCWA in particular.”
He thanked ESCWA and the UN organizations for their enormous contributions, not only to development, but also to solving the humanitarian and social problems that resulted from the absence of a government in the last two years and the Beirut port problem.
