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UN: Iran wants to engage (exclusive)

Politics Materials 30 October 2016 15:59 (UTC +04:00)
UN: Iran wants to engage (exclusive)

Tehran, Iran, October 30

By Mehdi Sepahvand –- Trend:

After the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Iran has shown great will to engage and cooperate with the United Nations to fulfill the body’s goals, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Iran Gary Lewis told Trend October 30 on the occasion of the UN Day event in Tehran.

“We have had incredible cooperation for the last three-four years, but in the last year especially, I’ve seen Iran reengage with the international community at a number of levels. Especially the issue of sustainable development and Paris agreement,” Mr. Lewis said.

He underlined the presence of Vice President for Environment Masumeh Ebtekar and Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi at the event as “a very strong signal” from Tehran.

“Earlier this year Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif went to New York to sign the Paris agreement and that was an amazing indication of how Iran wants to contribute to sustainable development. So we are very encouraged and we will continue,” Lewis reiterated.

Sustainable development and environment were the major topics raised during the UN event in Tehran.

The implementation of the JCPOA, which started in January, have paved the way for Iran to act as part to many international engagements.

In April, Zarif signed the historic Paris Agreement on climate change during a ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

According to UN, a record 175 countries, including the world's top producers of greenhouse gases China and the United States, inked the accord, raising hopes of restraining global warming.

The ceremony, held on the 46th Earth Day, was the largest ever single-day signing of an international accord. The agreement had been reached in Paris in December 2015.

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