VOL. XLIII

No. 39

25-September-2000

IRAQ/KUWAIT

UNCC Heads For Vote Over Kuwaiti Compensation Claim As Iraq Lobbies Hard Against It

The Governing Council of the Geneva-based United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) may face difficulties when it meets from 26-28 September to decide whether to endorse the recommendation of the Panel of Commissioners that the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) should be awarded $15.92bn for losses of oil and oil revenues resulting from the Iraqi invasion and...