Communiqué of the Esteemed President

of the Islamic Republic of Iran

 

No. 3026

Date: 23/4/2000

In The Name of Almighty God

TO: Plan and Budget Organization

Attached please find for implementation the Third Economic, Social and Cultural Development Plan Law  as amended, enacted at the open session of the Islamic Consultative Assembly on 5/4/2000 (17/1/1379), ratified by the Guardian Council on the same date , and received through the communiqué No. 3703  of the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, dated 16/4/2000.

This Plan has earnestly taken into consideration the issues and challenges of the future of our country including her very young population, the need for public participation, furtherance of economic growth, creation of employment opportunities in order to reduce unemployment rate, developing the country’s resources, technology and potentials.

The Plan has been prepared on the basis of directives and guidelines expressed by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, and through untiring efforts of the well-experienced responsible officials, experts, scientific authorities and assistance of the research institutions.  The Plan could therefore be viewed as a manifestation of the national consensus as well as a workable instrument for guiding and directing the complex tasks of the country’s development in an organized and orderly manner for the years to come.

Despite the fact that some of changes made in the Plan during the course of debate in the Islamic Consultative Assembly may cause tardiness in the achievement of the Plan’s objectives, it is hoped that the infused  shortcomings could be eliminated through the course of preparation of the country’s annual budget bills.

It is further anticipated that our esteemed colleagues at the executive agencies who are responsible for implementing the Plan will take all the necessary measures to secure proper execution of the Plan’s provisions and strategies of the Cabinet, as I have expressed on the occasion of submission of the Plan bill to the Islamic Consultative Assembly , so that , God Willing, our exalted nation will reap the benefits of the Plan’s provisions.

 

Seyyed Mohammad Khatami

President,

Islamic Republic of Iran