Unilateral Coercive Measures Imperil Food Security

Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said unilateral coercive measures, especially at a time when the world is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, pose a threat to food security in the targeted countries, stressing the necessity of their swift and complete removal.
“Under the current difficult circumstances caused by Covid-19, unilateral coercive measures seriously jeopardize the food security and nutrition of ordinary citizens in targeted countries and hamper access to basic medical services,” Takht-Ravanchi said in a recent session of the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council’s Commission on Population and Development, IRNA reported. 
“As the representative of a country whose people have been targeted by the most brutal and illegal unilateral coercive measures, I want to seize this chance and call for the immediate and complete removal of all these measures to ensure full access to the goals of economic and social development,” he said. 
Takht-Ravanchi noted that the abolition of these measures would enable the targeted countries to effectively protect their people in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and revitalize their economies for ensuring public welfare.