Claims and adjustments (total costs)

Restart costs None of the claims in this instalment seek compensation for restart costs.

Claims preparation costs A number of category D claimants have made claims for claims preparation costs incurred by them, either in amounts specified on the claim form or in general terms.

Claims preparation costs The Panel has been informed by the Executive Secretary of the Commission that the Governing Council intends to resolve the issue of claims preparation costs in the future.

This amount is net of USD 162,456.74 relating to withdrawn claims, USD 28,644,101.99 for interest and USD 477,508.68 for claims preparation costs.

The total amount asserted for claims preparation costs is USD 76,339.12.

(i) Claims for security costs were fraudulently inflated by certain employees at MONUC.

These voluntary contributions will be offset against government claims for reimbursement of costs in respect of UNFICYP.

The claimants in that report did not submit any claims for medical treatment costs.

This total amount claimed includes USD 14,169,831.69 for interest and USD 76,339.12 for claims preparation costs.

Applying the standard applicable to common costs, the Panel determines that 20 per cent of such costs are to be allocated to KOC s other claims as costs that cannot properly be verified in the present Claim.

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.

Of those larger claims, it was suggested that most settle, often to avoid the potentially huge litigation costs involved in pursuing a claim.

A number of claimants in the special instalment seek claims preparation costs incurred by them, either for a specific or an unspecified amount.

57. As regards third party claims and arbitration costs, the Advisory Committee has expressed concern at the increasing frequency of large claim submissions.

C7 Real Property claims seek compensation for losses related to real property, including costs incurred for repairs and other losses.

Against the net balance of USD 282,329,719.67 claimed, which amount excludes interest and claims preparation costs, the Panel recommends a total award of compensation of USD 161,140,801.39.

We do not agree with the conclusion of the auditors that the inability of the Insurance Section to double check the plan administrators claims handling process leads to disincentives to perform well nor with the further comments regarding the inadequate review of claims, fraudulent claims and the passing on of consequent costs in the form of higher premiums.

The programme should be restructured to make it easier to administer and to ensure that claims and administrative costs are adequately controlled.

Iraq also asserts that the costs for which Saudi Arabia claims compensation are excluded by Governing Council decision 19, which confirms that the costs of the Allied Coalition Forces, including those of military operations against Iraq, are not eligible for compensation .

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.

The Panel has been informed by the Executive Secretary of the Commission that the Governing Council intends to resolve the issue of claims preparation costs in the future.

Iran claims that it incurred additional costs because it provided more medical treatment than normal in 1990 and 1991 because of the effects of the oil well fires.

The Panel has been informed by the Executive Secretary of the Commission that the Governing Council intends to resolve the issue of claims preparation costs in the future.

The fourthsecond group of overlapping claims initially consisted of E4 claims related to 39seven category C claims and 24 category C and D claims.

Jordan claims an amount of USD 102,962,079 for expenses incurred in treating low birth weight infants and an amount of USD 51,710,096 for costs incurred in treating malnourished children.

It should be noted that the feasibility and timing of reimbursements of troop costs and related claims to troop contributing countries are determined by the cash position of each mission.

The D Panels also adopted a fixed date of 1 May 1991 as the date of loss for the purpose of calculating interest on awards for claims for incremental costs.

Consequently, 20 per cent of these costs, amounting to US 783,592, must be allocated to KOC s other claims as they cannot properly be verified in the present Claim.

Concerning the issue of duplicate claims, the secretariat indicated that it was aware of the risk of duplicate claims from the outset of claims processing and took steps to identify and eliminate such claims during the course of claims processing.

In the third instalment of category A claims, four claims were found to be duplicates of claims previously awarded compensation.

In the fifth instalment of category A claims, four claims were found to be duplicates of claims previously awarded compensation.

If the above mentioned claims and amounts to be reimbursed are representative of inland transportation claims to be reimbursed under the new procedures, the Secretariat is of the belief that these costs can be included in the budget to be reimbursed to the troop contributing countries.

review of non overlapping claims in the FOURTHsecond group of overlapping claims

The Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims to have incurred e xtraordinary compulsory vacation costs of the Hungarian staff of embassies both in Kuwait and Baghdad following their evacuation from those countries.

Admissibility of claims

Matching of claims

Of these claims, the Panel recommends awards of compensation for two claims, while no awards are recommended for the remaining 16 claims.

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 ).

These E4 claims were considered in the second instalment of E4 claims.

In the sixth instalment of category A claims, five claims submitted by Jordan were found to be duplicates of claims previously awarded compensation.

The large volume of complex claims precluded a detailed review of all individual claims.

The average number of loss types is 3.14 for the claims in this instalment, compared with 2.01 for all claims in the regular category D claims programme, 1.93 for Jordanian claims and 1.71 for Kuwaiti claims.

It follows that the remaining 20 per cent is to be allocated to KOC s other claims as these costs cannot properly be verified in the present Claim.

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