Final UN report recommends less costly school designs

The final UN report attributed about 20 percent of the school reconstruction effort to foundations and trusts working alongside government. It also described voluntary assistance as a major...

In devastated rural areas, the report warned that schools could not reopen until viable communities were re-established. It expected later reconstruction phases to proceed more slowly than earlier...

The UN report identified shortages of building materials as a major obstacle to restoring education. In devastated areas, replacing housing, basic services and infrastructure was necessary alongside...

The final UN report stated that Iran needed 40,000 new primary teachers annually while teacher-training centres graduated about 25,000. It also described a national secondary-teacher shortage and...

Iran’s Education Ministry sought international expertise for school mapping. The UN team also suggested comprehensive human-resource analysis and anticipated rural teacher shortages as displaced...

The final UN report listed wartime destruction of 102 health houses, 84 rural health centres, 80 urban centres and 12 provincial or district centres. It also recorded severe damage to hospitals...

The final UN report estimated health-infrastructure reconstruction costs for 1991–1993 at 295,454 million rials. It separately reported earlier reconstruction expenditure and losses in nongovernment...

The final UN report listed severe damage to 3 medical universities, 37 teaching hospitals and 17 education or research centres in five affected provinces. Reconstruction of 10 hospitals and 10...

Iran’s Health Ministry reported war damage to water and sanitation facilities in villages with over 150 families. The final UN report recorded 7,346 million rials as the cost of reconstruction work...

The UN team was informed of a survey estimating 593,000 civilians with physical and/or mental disabilities resulting from the war. The report connected their needs to an accelerated reconstruction and...