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GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UN COMPENSATION COMMISSION

TO HOLD FORTY-THIRD SESSION 12-13 MARCH

GENEVA, 8 March (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its forty-third session from 12 to 13 March under the presidency of Severe Burgh Johansen (Norway).

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

APPROVES AWARDS OF $132.7 MILLION FOR COMPENSATION

MAJOR-GENERAL MIGUEL ANGEL MORENO APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

IN UNITED NATIONS IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVATION MISSION

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Miguel Angel Moreno of Argentina as Force Commander of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) with effect from 1 December 2001.

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $892 MILLION

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UN COMPENSATION COMMISSION

APPROVES AWARDS OF $365.3 MILLION

GENEVA, 27 September (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Sverre Bergh Johansen (Norway), has today approved awards of $365,317,337 for compensation.

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $513 MILLION

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $760 MILLION

GENEVA, 17 May -- The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today, in the third payment of the third phase of the payments mechanism, a total of $760,396,060 to 16 Governments for distribution to

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

APPROVES AWARDS OF OVER $ 2.3 BILLION FOR COMPENSATION

GENEVA, 15 March (UN Information Service) -- The thirty-ninth session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Sverre Bergh Johansen of Norway, has today approved awards of $2,375,152,650 billion for compensation.

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNCC ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT

GENEVA, 15 February (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission held a special session on 15 February for the purpose of electing a new president and one of the two vice-presidents of the Council. 

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $1.4 BILLION

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today, in the second payment of the third phase of the payments mechanism, a total of some $1,464.18 million to 24 governments and one international organization for distribution to 716 successful claimants.  This amount includes some: