VOL. XXXIV

NO. 36

10-JUNE-1991

Iraq

De Cuellar Wants Iraq to Pay 30% of Oil Revenues for Compensation; US Asksfor 50%

UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar announced on 31 May that Iraq must paya maximum of 30% of its future oil revenues into a fund to compensate victims ofits invasion of Kuwait. The US rejected this figure and proposed on 3 June thathalf of Iraq's future oil revenue should be used to meet compensation claims.The Security Council has to approve the final ceiling after which the UN...