Table of contents for 1998-1999 report / Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.

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Chapter
  I. THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA ..................             3
     A.  Mandate  .................................................................  3
     B.  ESCWA within the United Nations system ..........     4
     C.  Organizational structure .......................................  4
     D.  Governing body and specialized subsidiary
         intergovernmental bodies ......................................  6
     E.  Other  bodies ...........................................................   12
 II. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ESCWA REGION ........................................  19
     A. Economic conditions in 1998-1999.......................  20
     B. Economic and social developments
         in the past 25 years.................................................  26
     C. Other regional developments in the
         past  25  years...........................................................   34
 III. ESCWA ACTIVITIES IN 1998-1999 ........................    43
     A.  Background .........................................  43
     B.  Activities by  divisions  .........................................  43
     C.  Regional advisory services ...................................  68
     D.  Technical assistance...............................................  84
 IV. COOPERATION AND COORDINATION ..........          95
     A.  Background  ............................................................  95
     B.  United Nations organizations and agencies...........  95
     C.  United Nations specialized agencies.....................  103
     D.  International organizations ....................................  108
     E.  Regional and subregional organizations................  111



  V. ASSESMENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS ..........          123

                       LIST OF BOXES

 1.  Mainstreaming gender into ESCWA activities .............  5
 2.  ESCWA regional hearing held in preparation for
     the Millennium Assembly of the United Nations..........  8
 3.  First Annual Coordination Meeting at the
     Regional Level of the United Nations System
     in  the ESCWA  Region...................................................  14
 4.  Celebration of ESCWA's twenty-fifth anniversary......   19
 5.  Sanctions on Iraq and their impact................................  22
 6.  The Asian financial crisis and the ESCWA region.......  24
 7.  Arab Conference on Integrated Follow-up to
     United Nations Global Conferences..............................  52
 8.  Integrated Transport System in the Arab
     Mashreq  (ITSA M ) .........................................................  61
 9.  ESCWA  web  site  ...........................................................  67
 10.  Overcoming the Y2K problem .....................................  68
 11.  Enhancing the role of ESCWA at the doorstep
     of the twenty-first century..............................................  126

Chart.  Organizational structure of the secretariat
        of the Economic and Social Commission
        for Western Asia.......................................................  7

                         ANNEXES

 I.  Beirut Declaration  ..........................................................  127
 II.  Selected list of ESCWA publications in 1998-1999.....  130