27.05.2008 - Source: International Committee of the Red Cross

International Committee of the Red Cross: Annual Report 2007 ("Annual Report 2007") [ID 24705]

"In 2007, the ICRC:
[...] worked with the Iranian authorities in the framework of a joint mechanism to clarify the fate of former POWs still unaccounted for in connection with the 1980–88 Iran-Iraq war
[...] defined technical support to be provided to the Iranian authorities in the recovery and identification of human remains from the Iran-Iraq war, following an assessment of national forensic capacities
[...] organized the voluntary repatriation of Iranian nationals, including people released from detention/internment in Afghanistan, the US detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station (Cuba) and Iraq
[...] supported the Iranian IHL committee in its work to promote the integration of the basic provisions of IHL into national legislation, academic curricula, and the teaching and training programmes of the Iranian armed forces
[...] further consolidated its partnership with the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran, particularly in relation to Movement coordination, tracing, restoring family links and mine-risk education
[...] provided logistical support for ICRC operations in Iraq [...]"

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10.08.2001 - Source: UN General Assembly

40 per cent of Iranians are living in "absolute and relative poverty" ("Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic in Iran A/ 56/278") [#4950],  [ID 9540]

"96. Poverty has become an issue that can no longer be ignored. In mid April 2001, after a strenuous debate on the definition of the term, the press reported that, according to the Management and Planning Organization, 40 per cent of Iranians are living in “absolute and relative poverty”. The gap between rich and poor is widening.

97. In mid March, the President was reported as declaring, “I know that a considerable proportion of the people are suffering hardship. The food on their table is meagre. They work very hard. They receive little in return. Our weakness, problems and obstacles and the existing pressures, the shortcomings, the shortages, primarily affect that sector of society.” The President has expressed recognition that only increased economic activity and in particular economic growth can address this problem."

Document(s): 02192iran.pdf
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