VOL. XXXIX

No. 5

30-October-1995

IRAQ

UNCC Awards $8.3Mn To 2,600 Claimants

The Governing Council of the Geneva-based United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), established to deal with claims against Iraq as a result of its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, announced at the end of its 9-11 October session that it had authorized the payment of all outstanding approved claims for fixed amounts involving serious personal injury or the death of an immediate family member. These payments cover...