Decision concerning the expedited payment of United Nations Compensation Commission claim number 4002126 (S AC.26 Dec.255 (2005))

The Panel directed the secretariat to undertake cross claim and cross category checks to ascertain whether there is a risk of duplication of this claim unit with other claims submitted to the Commission, and in particular, whether the claim could duplicate the claim submitted by Iran's Ministry of Interior in the sixth instalment of F1 claims.

Pursuant to article 32(3) of the Rules, the Executive Secretary of the Commission transferred the E2 claim to category E4 .

Decision concerning the expedited payment of United Nations Compensation Commission claim number 4002126 taken by the Governing Council of the United Nations

The Commission then advised these individual claimants to resubmit their claims for business losses on category D claim forms.

Recommended award for claim No. 5000327 RELATED ISSUES Currency exchange rate The Commission issues awards in United States dollars.

By filing its claim with the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, Denmark has joined our era s great game the contest for economic control over a large part of the Arctic. And Denmark s claim is massive.

The Panel directed the secretariat to undertake cross claim and cross category checks to ascertain whether there is a risk of duplication of this claim unit with other claims submitted to the Commission, and in particular, whether the claim could duplicate claims submitted by individual claimants that were reviewed in the B , C and D claims categories.

The claim preparers were often listed as the contact persons in the claim files and some claim files included attestations from the claim preparers opining on the merits of the claim.

The deferred part of claim No. 5000458 is reviewed as part of the second claim unit (terrestrial resources) of this claim.

At the request of Saudi Arabia, the secretariat incorporated that claim in the current claim (Claim No. 5000463).

This claim was originally part of category F3 claim No. 5000194.

The secretariat was further instructed to request Iran to provide information on the steps that it had taken to ensure that this claim did not duplicate, wholly or in part, any other claim that it had filed with the Commission.

The secretariat was further instructed to request Kuwait to provide information on the steps that it had taken to ensure that this claim did not duplicate, wholly or in part, any other claim that Kuwait had filed with the Commission.

Second claim unit Claim preparation costs Saudi Arabia seeks compensation in the amount of USD 5,874 for claim preparation costs.

3.3 Secondly, the author contends that fundamental errors of law were made in the resolution of his claim by the Commission and the domestic courts, in violation of article 26.

Iraq argues that Saudi Arabia has no standing to bring this claim before the Commission because it was animal breeders who suffered the alleged losses.

The claim comprises four claim units with an asserted value of USD 161,000,000.

Third claim unit Claim preparation costs Jordan seeks compensation in the amount of USD 1,700,000 for claim preparation costs for its fourth and fifth F4 instalment claims, including its public health claim.

Sixth claim unit Claim preparation costs Iran seeks compensation in the amount of USD 4,500,000 for administrative, technical and legal expenses of the preparation of this claim.

Recommended award for claim No. 5000301 Claim No. 5000288 Other resources Claim No. 5000288 comprises six claim units, with a total asserted value of USD 7,916,024,475, for losses resulting from Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

The deferred part of claim No. 5000379 has been included in claim No. 5000301.

This claim is the deferred portion of claim No. 5000259 relating to remediation of coastal mudflats.

The sixth claim unit is for claim preparation costs.

The fifth claim unit is for claim preparation costs.

The third claim unit is for claim preparation costs.

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.

Having reviewed the results of the checks by the secretariat and the response received from Iran, the Panel is satisfied that, although there may be a theoretical risk of duplication of parts of this claim with another claim submitted by Iran to the Commission, the risk is marginal and does not warrant an adjustment.

The elements of Claim No. 5000309 were originally part of claim 5000208 in the F2 claims category.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Water of Saudi Arabia originally submitted this claim unit as claim 5000207.

Iraq states that Kuwait's claim for loss of individual well being is inadmissible because it relates to losses suffered directly by individuals who could have submitted such claims to the Commission.

The claim preparation costs in claim No. 5000464 relate to all of Jordan's fourth and fifth F4 instalment claims, and not only its public health claim.

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.

The Palestinian individual claimant whose claim had been identified as potentially overlapping with the E4 claim has provided evidence to support the claim for loss of stock.

The monitoring and assessment claim of Jordan that was awarded funding in the first F4 instalment and is relevant to claim No. 5000464 is claim No. 5000353.

The monitoring and assessment claim of Syria that was awarded funding in the first F4 instalment and is relevant to claim No. 5000462 is claim No. 5000371.

The monitoring and assessment claim of Syria that was awarded funding in the first F4 instalment and is relevant to claim No. 5000467 is claim No. 5000372.

The monitoring and assessment claim of Syria that was awarded funding in the first F4 instalment and is relevant to claim No. 5000303 is claim No. 5000419.

THE E2 CLAIM Background to the E2 claim The E2 claim in this instalment was initially filed in category D .

The first claim unit is for reduction in crop yields and the second claim unit is for claim preparation costs.

The Panel considers that this claim unit is for claim preparation costs.

The Panel considers that this is a claim for claim preparation costs.

Recommended award for Claim No. 5000309 Claim No. 4002545 Agricultural resources (Shadco) Claim No. 4002545 comprises two claim units, with a total asserted value of USD 2,676,101, for losses of agricultural crops by the Ash Sharqiah Development Co. ( Shadco ) as a result of Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

Claim No. 5000304 Loss of natural resources Claim No. 5000304 comprises five claim units, with an asserted value of USD 4,330,635,352, for depletion of natural resources as a result of Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

The Claim