Egypt’s Al-Mashat assumes UN ESCWA leadership, plans regional think tank coalition

Egypt’s Rania Al-Mashat officially assumed her duties as United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Tuesday, announcing plans to launch a coalition of regional think tanks to support evidence-based policymaking. Arriving at the commission’s headquarters in Beirut, Al-Mashat was received in an official ceremony […] The post Egypt’s Al-Mashat assumes UN ESCWA leadership, plans regional think tank c...