The UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) announced Wednesday that it has made available a total of $ 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 which gives priority in payment to claims with outstanding amounts less than $ 500 million and environmental remediation claims. With this payment, the nine claims with outstanding amounts greater than $ 500 million will be paid a fixed amount of $ two million each, while the remaining claim with priority of payment will be paid a total of $ 412 million, according to a report of Kuwait News Agency "KUNA". 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.
