Iraqchi at the World Development Initiative meeting: Unilateral coercive measures are still used as a tool to exert political pressure against developing countries.

Iraqchi at the World Development Initiative meeting: Unilateral coercive measures are still used as a tool to exert political pressure against developing countries.

Development cannot flourish in an environment affected by war, coercion and unilateralism. Developing countries need funding, technology, knowledge and cooperation, not more barriers.

Unilateral coercive measures are still used as a tool to exert political pressure against developing countries.

US sanctions directly affect the daily lives of our people by restricting trade, financial resources, medicine, technology, education and scientific cooperation.

We welcome President Xi Jinping's vision to launch the Global Development Initiative in 2021 and put development at the center of international cooperation. Over the past five years, the initiative has promoted collaborations in the areas of poverty reduction, food security, development finance, green development, industrialization and the digital economy. The Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to work with China, members of the Global Development Initiative and all partners to strengthen the development pillar of the United Nations, expand South-South cooperation, consolidate true multilateralism and advance the goals and principles of the United Nations Charter.

United Nations 2026

Irna Jahan