UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $190 MILLION

TO 25 GOVERNMENTS AND ONE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

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GENEVA, 17 July (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $190,381,244.88 to 25 governments and one international organization for distribution to 1,069 successful claimants.

ESCWA POST-WAR MEETING ON IRAQ CONCLUDES; CALLS FOR A STRONGER UN ROLE

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ESCWA TO CONVENE POST-WAR MEETING ON IRAQ IN BEIRUT, 9 - 11 JULY

BEIRUT, 7 July (UN Information Service) -– The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) will bring together Arab and international experts in a meeting entitled, "Iraq and the Region after the War", from 9 to 11 July at the United Nations House, Riad El-Solh Square, Beirut, Lebanon.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADOPTS LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE FINANCIAL ASSETS SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ

The Chairman of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait wishes to inform as follows:

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES

AWARDS OF OVER US$2.3 BILLION FOR COMPENSATION

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OPENING OF FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION OF UN COMPENSATION COMMISSION GOVERNING COUNCIL

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GENEVA, 20 June (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its forty-eighth session from 24 to 26 June under the Presidency of Ambassador Walter Lewalter (Germany).

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ISSUES GUIDELINES TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS, ENTITIES

WHOSE FINANCIAL ASSETS SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENT FUND

The Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait on 11 June 2003 adopted the following guidelines for the application of paragraphs 19 and 23 of resolution 1483 (2003).

UNFPA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARRIVE IN BAGHDAD

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NEW YORK, 11 June (UNFPA) –- A new shipment of emergency reproductive health supplies, intended to meet the urgent needs of Iraqi women, arrived in Baghdad on 9 June.  The supplies, provided by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), were dispatched on a UNFPA/United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) convoy that crossed the border from the Iranian city of Kermanshah.

CHAIR OF SECURITY COUNCIL IRAQ SANCTIONS COMMITTEE SAYS PROCEDURES

CONCERNING FLIGHTS TO IRAQ NO LONGER VALID

The Chairman of the Security Council Committee established by resolution

661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait wishes to make the following statement concerning flights to Iraq:

EXPERTS URGE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON REHABILITATING MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHLANDS