Claim No. 5000462 is for damage to cultural heritage resources claim No. 5000467 is for damage to livestock resources and claim No. 5000303 is for public health damage.

Recommended award for claim No. 5000468 Claim No. 5000183 Public health Claim No. 5000183 comprises four claim units, with a total asserted value of USD 1,476,336,427, for losses resulting from damage or risk of damage to public health.

Claim No. 5000463 is for damage to or depletion of other resources and Claim 5000219 relates to damage to public health.

Claim 5000468 is for expenses for remediation of damage to mudflats. Claim 5000183 is for expenses and other losses related to public health damage.

Without proof of actual damage, no claim should succeed.

Iraq contends that Saudi Arabia's claim for damage to fisheries resources is a commercial claim rather than a claim for environmental damage, and consequently, there is no need for high risk, long term compensatory projects such as the proposed shrimp and grouper programmes.

The first claim unit is for damage to terrestrial resources the second claim unit is for damage to Kuwait's marine and coastal resources and the third claim unit is for the loss of groundwater resources.

Recommended award for claim No. 5000463 Claim No. 5000219 Public health Claim No. 5000219 comprises three claim units, with an asserted value of USD 19,861,782,707, for damage or risk of damage to public health resulting from Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

Second claim unit Marine and coastal resources The second claim unit is for compensation for damage to marine and coastal resources.

In the fourth F4 instalment, Saudi Arabia submitted a claim for the cost of remediating marine subtidal damage.

This claim was initially part of Syria's fourth F4 instalment claim No. 5000457 for remediation of damage to agricultural and forestry resources.

The respondent set off against this claim a damage claim for lost profit owing to the termination of the business relation with the claimant and refused to pay.

The definition of damage was also crucial, since its elements were relevant in establishing the basis for a claim.

These are Claim No. 5000286 for loss of agricultural resources Claim No. 5000301 for loss of fisheries resources Claim No. 5000288 for losses resulting from the depletion of or damage to terrestrial, cultural heritage and marine resources Claim No. 5000287 for damage to public health and Claim No. 5000394 for the expenses of a public health monitoring and assessment study on the incidence of cancers and haematological disorders.

Iraq contends that the estimates of impacted areas, damage percentages and duration of damage on which Iran bases its claim are invalid and unsubstantiated.

A number of instruments had also referred to significant , serious or substantial harm or damage as the threshold for a legal claim.

A person has the right to submit a claim for compensation for damage within one year as of the date when the injured party became aware or should have become aware of the damage caused.

Recommended award for claim No. 5000462 Claim No. 5000467 Livestock resources Syria seeks compensation in the amount of USD 857,987,973, for damage to its livestock resources.

Claim No. 5000460 Loss of natural resources Claim No. 5000460 comprises three claim units, with a total asserted value of USD 967,831,391, for loss of ecological and human services resulting from damage to or depletion of terrestrial, marine and groundwater resources.

The claim is for losses during the period between the occurrence of the damage and the time when the damage has been or will be fully remediated.

The claim relates to damage to shoreline areas, wetlands, mangroves, intertidal and subtidal areas and coral reefs.

In the view of the Panel, the fact that an injured national can bring an individual claim for a specific injury or damage does not affect the right or standing of a State to bring a national claim, so long as there is no duplication in compensation awarded for the same injury or damage.

Claims for damage to aquatic biota, damage to shoreline resources and lost coastal and marine recreational opportunities ( lost recreational opportunities ) were originally included in the claim for a coastal research centre and marine preserve.

The Panel considered that this part of the claim was for depletion of or damage to natural resources.

However, the present claim is for damage to cultural heritage property and sites in all areas of Iran.

Claim No. 5000460 is for compensation for damage to or depletion of terrestrial, marine and groundwater resources, including the expenses of compensatory projects proposed to address the damage or depletion.

As part of its claim for damage to shoreline resources, Kuwait also seeks monetary compensation for lost recreational opportunities.

The bulk of the costs incurred in the reconstruction effort are covered by other claims filed by KOC, including the Physical Assets and Related Damage Claim (the Physical Assets Claim ).

The Panel determines that the loss, damage or injury for which compensation is being sought in the WBC Claim is compensable in this Claim in the amount of US 610,048,547.

For the purposes of the present claim, the Panel considers that, while soot might have caused some short term damage, Saudi Arabia has not provided sufficient evidence to quantify such damage.

Saudi Arabia notes that it did not claim the costs of restoration for these two items of damage in its claim No. 5000455, which was reviewed in the fourth F4 instalment.

deliberately causing the occurrence of an insured event which leads to property damage, whereupon an insurance claim is fraudulently made

However, Saudi Arabia has not proposed a compensatory project directly related to this claim unit and it does not seek a specific amount as compensation for the damage.

On 23 December 1998, the secretariat severed the elements relating to environmental damage from claim 5000208 and assigned these elements to claim No. 5000309 which was transferred to the F4 claims category.

Iraq asserts that, for a claim for damage to succeed, it is not sufficient to show that a person was exposed to a risk of becoming infected with a severe disease.

Saudi Arabia has not considered damage to sea grass areas in assessing the extent of the damage, and claim elements relating to these have not been included in the proposed compensatory project costs.

The third claim unit is for damage to cultural heritage resources in Iran caused by contamination from the oil well fires.

The first claim unit is for a decrease in fish catches the second claim unit is for a decrease in catches in the Bushehr shrimp fishery the third claim unit is for expenses incurred as a result of the delay in a project with FAO and the United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ) and the fourth claim unit is for long term damage to the marine environment and fisheries.

Saudi Arabia appears to have adopted a similar classification and approach in its assessment of the extent and nature of damage for the purposes of this claim.

Recommended award for claim No. 5000460 Claim No. 5000468 Coastal mudflats Claim 5000468 is for compensation in the amount of USD 267,710,202 for expenses of future measures to remediate damage to Kuwait's coastal mudflats resulting from Iraq's invasion and occupation and for future monitoring activities.

Saudi Arabia recalls that it submitted a claim in the fourth F4 instalment for the costs of restoration of the damage described in paragraphs 588 and 589 above.

38. In the light of existing rules of compensation, all damage done to persons and property by illegal weapons used in war is actionable in a compensation claim.

Fifth claim unit Marine resources Jordan seeks compensation in the amount of USD 92,722 for damage to or depletion of its marine resources.

Of those 195 townships, 51 sustained partial damage, 30 sustained considerable damage, 17 sustained major damage and a further 17 sustained catastrophic damage.

The fifth claim unit is for monitoring of groundwater resources in Iran to identify and assess damage by pollutants from the oil well fires.