Final UN report identifies assistance needs for war disability and trauma

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 mission judged rapid output recovery through improvised technology and makeshift repairs near its limits. It called for more thorough improvement of infrastructure and productive facilities,...

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 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...

To assess reconstruction needs, the UN mission focused on direct damage in non-military sectors. Its analysis excluded armed-forces machinery, equipment, materials and goods; the resulting estimate...

Iran’s additional damage data valued domestic materials and equipment in rials and imported items in dollars. Authorities said both components used replacement costs at 1988 prices, establishing the...

The UN mission converted rial-denominated damage into dollars at 237 rials per dollar, then added imported-item costs already expressed in dollars. This selected 1988 conversion rate shaped the...