Final UN report calls for deeper reconstruction beyond makeshift recovery

Iran identified foreign-exchange shortages, shortages of skilled professionals and technicians, and transport bottlenecks as principal barriers to its development plan. The mission also identified...

The five-year plan anticipated about $27 billion from foreign sources for new projects, including about $10 billion through buy-back arrangements. The report linked planned projects to technology...

Iran sought to attract trained personnel who had emigrated. The report also described expected on-the-job skills transfer through foreign-participation projects and longer-term vocational,...

The report recognized Iran’s earlier capacity to follow modern technology but identified a gap after almost a decade of restricted access. Responses included training officials to manage technological...

About 1.2 million people remained registered as displaced and needing resettlement. Of an estimated 14 million square metres of housing required, about 2 million were complete, according to...

The UN mission considered Iran’s low indebtedness favorable for the project financing it sought. It identified viable public and private projects, particularly activities expected to generate their...

The report proposed suitable financing for education and health investments that would not directly generate debt-servicing capacity. It recommended designing such assistance within an overall...

The mission identified acute technical-assistance needs in social services. It highlighted a role for experienced private organizations supporting people physically disabled by war or traumatized by...

The mission recommended a round-table under UN or other appropriate auspices for Iran, UN Member States and relevant agencies to discuss reconstruction cooperation. It anticipated at least six...

Iran supplied a final assessment of economic war damage with details additional to those given to the first UN mission. The final UN report used this new government documentation in reviewing...