First, the Panel noted that in some cases claimants clearly stated in their original claim submissions that they did not maintain audited financial statements, yet submitted audited financial statements in response to claim development notifications issued under the Rules.

Another possible reason for the discrepancy in the different numbers is that different methods and sources of data were used to develop the claims, and certain camps might have been included for purposes of one claim but not the others.

Monitoring and assessment data On 13 September 2002, the Panel decided that monitoring and assessment data received from the Claimants should be made available to Iraq.

UNCTAD secretariat computations based on UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) data .

(a) Increase in the availability of reliable data on key drug abuse indicators

The backbone of the whole operation is the trade data processing application named COPRA (Commodity Processing application).

On that date, the Panel informed the Claimants and Iraq that it would not consider any monitoring and assessment reports or data submitted after that date.

Source UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, UNCTAD secretariat calculations based on UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) data.

Source UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, UNCTAD secretariat calculations based on UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) data.

The Panel finds that each of these losses fails, as claimants have either failed to clearly describe a loss or to prove the essential legal requirements of ownership, loss or causation.

Upon review of the claims in this instalment for which audited financial statements were provided, the Panel became concerned about the authenticity of the allegedly contemporaneous audited accounts.

In 75 per cent of the D1 (departure) claims and 35 per cent of the D1 (MPA) claims, claimants failed to prove the essential legal requirements of ownership, loss or causation.

The claim preparers were often listed as the contact persons in the claim files and some claim files included attestations from the claim preparers opining on the merits of the claim.

Claims

Sixth, the Panel noted that some claims with implausibly high claimed amounts have audited financial statements supporting what appeared to be inflated losses.

For these claims, the electronic information existing in the database was compared to the paper claim forms submitted by the claimants.

The Statistics Division is developing a worldwide database for trade in services in cooperation with OECD to complement the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (Comtrade) merchandise trade database.

review of non overlapping claims in the FOURTHsecond group of overlapping claims

Some claimants indicated that they engaged a claim preparer after seeing advertisements placed in Kuwaiti newspapers offering assistance with the filing of Palestinian late claims .

(e) Medical claims

In particular, the Panel considered that it was appropriate to propose, as needed, adjustments to such awards in the light of new information and evidence presented.

Duplicate claims

Category C corrections Recommendations for corrections to category C claims are those arising from confirmed duplicate claims, discrepancies between the electronic and paper claim formats, and multiple recovery based on the duplication of claim awards.

Stand alone claims

A similar exercise was conducted with respect to category C for the purpose of identifying duplicate claims during claims processing.

Concerning the issue of duplicate claims, the secretariat indicated that it was aware of the risk of duplicate claims from the outset of claims processing and took steps to identify and eliminate such claims during the course of claims processing.

The starting point for this development was the creation of the Statistic Division application for maintenance and dissemination of detailed commodity trade statistics, namely, the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade).

In connection with the claims by governments for loss of life and reduced quality of life of their nationals, Iraq asserts that the claims are inadmissible because the Claimants concerned lack legal standing to bring such claims before the Commission.

The Panel notes that common traits displayed by these claim preparers include their command of the English language and familiarity with the Commission's claim development procedures and jurisprudence from the regular claims programme.

The secretariat has also used these electronic searches for duplicate claims in the Palestinian late claims programme, the Bedouin programme and the category A and C late claims programme.

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First F4 instalment, claim Nos. 5000363, 5000408 and 5000409.

Some of these projects were intended to provide information to assist with the review of substantive claims by producing scientific and technical information about the nature and extent of environmental damage and potential remediation measures.

Its primary objectives are to identify members of criminal groups involved in international terrorist activity and to provide an 'indices system' (searchable database).

Claims and Survey Unit

The total losses alleged in the instalment therefore are USD 35,972,592.

Where a claimant claims in a currency other than Kuwaiti dinars, the Panel values the claim in Kuwaiti dinars using the appropriate exchange rate.

The present report sets out the Panel's recommendations for a fourthsecond group of overlapping claims from resolved E4 instalments (the fourthsecond group of overlapping claims ).

Valuation of secured claims

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Third, the Panel noted that two claimants who filed competing claims for the same business provided audited financial statements from the same auditing firm for the same year with different figures.

Only unreasonable claims may be refused, but the state will bear the burden of proving unreasonableness.

Claim preparers often attended interviews with claimants and frequently acted as interpreters.

One group of claimants submitted financial statements from an auditing firm that, according to the Kuwait Ministry of Commerce and Industry, was not a licensed auditor in Kuwait and could not be located despite appeals in newspaper advertisements.

All data for 2004 are provisional.