Eventually the dispute was settled out of court.

The Assembly also requested the Secretary General to withhold settlement of claims submitted by the Governments concerned until the matter of the expenditures was resolved.

Comment by the Administration. The outstanding dispute between UNDP with the Office of Legal Affairs and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) was resolved in the first quarter of 2005.

It was also considered useful to combine paragraph 2, concerning international claims settlement procedures, with draft principle 7, on specific international regimes.

Most Affluents seem unprepared for this change, but such demands will need to be accommodated.

In a letter dated 6 May 1998, the Executive Secretary informed all panels of Commissioners that the Governing Council intends to resolve the issue of the compensability of claims preparation costs in the future.

Comment of the Administration. The UNCC secretariat noted that preliminary enquiries from administrators of other claims resolution entities have, in all cases, focused on specific methodologies, rather than a global picture.

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

Of these complaints, the inspection ceased in 138 instances for various grounds, 87 complaints were settled and 17 of the complaints were deemed admissible and were examined through the relevant channels.

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

As stated in paragraph 223 above, in a letter dated 6 May 1998, the Executive Secretary informed all panels of Commissioners that the Governing Council intends to resolve the issue of the compensability of claims preparation costs in the future.

As stated in paragraph 223 above, in a letter dated 6 May 1998, the Executive Secretary informed all panels of Commissioners that the Governing Council intends to resolve the issue of the compensability of claim preparation costs in the future.

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.

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.

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

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

Normalizing tracks

Settlement of disputes

Settlement of disputes

Settlement of disputes

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.

Draft article 15 Category of claims

These claims are discussed below.

These E4 claims were considered in the second instalment of E4 claims.

This global approach was suited to the specifics of category C claims processing, as category C claims are subject to mass claims processing procedures and are not subject to extensive individual review or claim development.

Details of the claims or parts of claims that were deferred from previous F4 instalments or transferred from other claims categories are discussed in the relevant sections of this report.

Pacific settlement of disputes

IV. Settlement of disputes

Settlement of commercial disputes