Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation for Damages Resulting from Iraqi Aggression (PAAC) Claims Categories (A,B,C)
Claims Categories (A,B,C)
Category "A" Claims
A- DEPARTURE FROM KUWAIT OR IRAQ .
Category "A" claims are claims submitted by individuals who had to depart from Kuwait or Iraq between the date of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990 and the date of the cease-fire, 2 March 1991. Compensation for successful claims in this category was set by the Governing Council at the fixed sum of US$2,500 for individual claimants and US$5,000 for families. However, where a claimant who had filed claims in category "A" only, he or she was eligible to receive a maximum category "A" payment of US$4,000 for individuals and US$8,000 for families. The Commission received approximately 920,000 category "A" claims submitted by seventy-seven Governments and thirteen offices of three international organizations, seeking a total of approximately US$3.6 billion in compensation.
Status of Kuwaiti Claims on "A" category
60,698
claims
submitted
307,630,500
amount
60,698
claims
Resolved
307,630,500
amount
60,683
claims
Awarded
308,082,500
amount
16
claims
Rejected
77,500
amount
308,080,000
amount
Amount Received from UNCC $
Category "B" Claims
B- SERIOUS INGURIES OR DEATH .
Category "B" claims are claims submitted by individuals who suffered serious personal injury or whose spouse, child or parent died as a result of Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait. Compensation for successful claims in this category was set at US$2,500 for individuals and up to US$10,000 for families. The Commission received approximately 6,000 category "B" claims submitted by forty-seven Governments and seven offices of three international organisations, seeking a total of approximately US$21 million in compensation.
Status of Kuwaiti Claims on "B" category
3,232
claims
submitted
8,675,000
amount
3,164
claims
Resolved
8,505,000
amount
2,134
claims
Awarded
6,225,000
amount
305
claims
Rejected
925,000
amount
6,225,000
amount
Amount Received from UNCC $
C- INDIVIDUAL LOSES NOT EXCEEDING 100,000 US DOLLARS .
Category "C" Claims
Category "C" claims are individual claims for damages up to US$100,000 each. Category "C" claims can be made for twenty-one different types of losses, including those relating to departure from Kuwait or Iraq; personal injury; mental pain and anguish; loss of personal property; loss of bank accounts, stocks and other securities; loss of income; loss of real property; and individual business losses. The Commission received approximately 420,000 category "C" claims submitted by eighty-five Governments and eight offices of three international organisations, seeking a total of approximately US$9 billion in compensation. In addition, the Central Bank of the Government of Egypt submitted a consolidated category "C" claim on behalf of over 800,000 workers in Iraq for the non-transfer of remittances by Iraqi banks to beneficiaries in Egypt. This consolidated Egyptian category "C" claim comprised 1,240,000 individual claims with an asserted value of approximately US$491 million.