VOL. XXXVII

NO. 35

30-MAY-1994

Iraq

UN Compensation Commission Approves First Payments For Gulf War Claimants

The Governing Council of the UN Compensation Commission announced on 26 Maythat it had endorsed recommendations made by the Panel of Commissioners and willmake the first compensation payments to victims of the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait in August 1990. Some $2.7mn will be disbursed within the nextfew weeks.

The category on which the Commission has ruled is designated as"B" and...