Comisión de Compensación de la ONU paga 430 millones por compensaciones a Kuwait

UN reparations panel for invasion of Kuwait pays out $430 million


29 July 2009 – A total of $430 million was disbursed today to 10 successful claimants by the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses because of Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait. This latest round of payments brings the overall amount of compensation made available to date by the Commission to nearly $28 billion.
The vast majority of funds for compensation payments have come from the sale of Iraqi petroleum under the so-called Oil-for-Food programme, which came to an end in 2003, and later within the scope of arrangements made under Security Council resolutions.
Established in 1991 as a subsidiary organ of the Council, the Commission has received nearly 3 million claims, including from close to 100 governments for themselves, their nationals or their corporations.
The Geneva-based UNCC’s Governing Council has identified six categories of claims: four are for individuals’ claims, one for corporations and one for governments and international organizations, which also includes claims for environmental damage. The issue of reparations was the focus of talks held last week in New York between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, with the two agreeing to continue working together to resolve the matter.

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29 de julio de 2009 - un total de $ 430 millones, se desembolsó hoy al 10 de los reclamantes por la Comisión de Indemnización de las Naciones Unidas (CINU), que se asienta la reclamaciones por daños de los que sufrieron pérdidas a causa de Irak en 1990 la invasión de Kuwait. Esta última ronda de pagos hace que el importe total de indemnización disponible hasta la fecha por la Comisión a casi $ 28 mil millones.
La gran mayoría de los fondos para los pagos de compensación provienen de la venta de petróleo iraquí en el marco del llamado "petróleo por alimentos", que llegó a su fin en 2003 y, posteriormente, en el ámbito de aplicación de disposiciones adoptadas en virtud de resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad.
Establecida en 1991 como órgano subsidiario del Consejo, la Comisión ha recibido cerca de 3 millones de reclamaciones, incluidas las cerca de 100 de los gobiernos por sí mismos, sus nacionales o sus empresas.
Con sede en Ginebra la Comisión de Indemnización de Consejo de Gobierno ha identificado seis categorías de reclamaciones: cuatro son para las personas los créditos, uno para las empresas y una para los gobiernos y las organizaciones internacionales, que también incluye las reclamaciones por daños al medio ambiente. La cuestión de las reparaciones fue el centro de las conversaciones celebradas la semana pasada en Nueva York entre el Secretario General Ban Ki-moon y el Primer Ministro iraquí Nouri al-Maliki, con los dos de acuerdo en seguir trabajando juntos para resolver la cuestión.

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UNCC makes available USD 430 mln for 10 successful Kuwaiti claimants

Politics 7/29/2009 12:44:00 PM



GENEVA, July 29 (KUNA) -- The UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) announced Wednesday that it has made available a total of USD 430 million to the Government of Kuwait for distribution to 10 successful claimants.

Payment is being made in respect of five claims in category E (claims of corporations and public sector enterprises) and five claims in category F (claims of governments and international organizations, including environmental claims).

The present round of payments is being made in accordance with the second phase of Governing Council decision 256 (S/AC.26/Dec.256 (2005)), which gives priority in payment to claims with outstanding amounts less than USD 500 million and environmental remediation claims.

With this payment, the nine claims with outstanding amounts greater than USD 500 million will be paid a fixed amount of USD two million each, while the remaining claim with priority of payment will be paid a total of USD 412 million.

Following this round of payments, 10 claims in categories E and F remain to be paid to the Government of Kuwait in the future upon the availability of funds, two of which are environmental claims, one of them being subject to Governing Council decision 258 (2005).

This payment brings the overall amount of compensation made available to date by the UNCC for successful claims of individuals, corporations, and governments and international organizations to USD 27,624,607,654.59.

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