VOL. XLI

No. 40

5-October-1998

IRAQ

UNCC Approves $691Mn In A And C Claims

The Governing Council of the UN Compensation Commission on 30 Septemberapproved a further $691mn of compensation claims against Iraq. The compensation is forA and C claims made by some 278,000 individuals who were forced toflee Iraq or Kuwait as a result of the Iraq-Kuwait crisis. The claims are not expected tobe processed for some time, although the payment mechanism developed by theCommissions Governing Council gives...