U.S. Charge d’Affaires Peter Mulrean delivers U.S. statement at the UNCC Governing Council Session.
The United Nations Compensation Commission was established by the Security Council in 1991 to administer a truly innovative claims program for damages resulting from Iraq’s illegal invasion and occupation of Kuwait. The creation of the UNCC was the first time the United Nations required one state to provide compensation for the damage done by its illegal military invasion of another. The UNCC is now close to completing the immense workload that resulted from this mandate. It has made over a million awards, totaling over $52 billion. Of all those awards, only one claim remains to be fully paid, and the outstanding amount of that claim, currently about $9 billion, is on track to be paid around the middle of 2015. Full text of the U.S. Statement: geneva.usmission.gov/2013/11/19/u-s-statement-at-the-76th...
U.S. Mission Geneva / Eric Bridiers