Final UN annex identifies reserve materials as a long-term electricity priority

Fisheries losses included 200 wooden vessels of 20–80 gross registered tonnes and 50 steel fishing vessels of 300 registered tonnes. The annex could not ascertain reconstruction progress; registered...

Reactivated plans for seven agro-industrial units in Khuzestan assigned each 18,000–23,000 hectares for sugarcane production. Initial arrangements were under way; the annex did not establish that...

The mission recommended modern irrigation management and demand-based supplies to improve water use and crop yields. Applied research could draw on experience coordinated with the International...

The annex called for in-service training of agricultural extension staff in improved on-farm water management. Training would help transfer applied irrigation research to farmers rebuilding production...

A technical note warned that recent studies in developing countries found traditional canal-lining design and construction ineffective in appreciably reducing long-term seepage. The annex therefore...

The Ministry of Energy estimated that about three quarters of damage to generating equipment had been permanently reconstructed. Returning facilities to service also involved temporary repairs that...

Materials and spare parts held in bond in Khorramshahr for use outside the war zone were destroyed, with loss estimated at 12,100 million rials. The annex identified this stock loss separately from...

The annex estimated electricity-distribution reconstruction in Azerbaijan at only 20 percent, despite lesser damage there than in the principal border regions. The percentage described...

Foreign-exchange allocations for imported reconstruction equipment required case-by-case Ministry of Finance authorization. The annex described scarce currency and overseas ordering delays as joint...

The Ministry agreed in principle to privatize operation of regional electric companies and generating plants, while the plants would remain government-owned. The annex distinguished operating...