(v) Provision of secretariat services to the Claims Board and the Advisory Board on Compensation Claims.

26. The Insurance Claims and Compensation Section provided two types of direct services for peacekeeping operations.

(e) Provision of Secretariat services to the United Nations Claims Board and Advisory Board on Compensation Claims (ABCC)

Iraq also states that, in any case, the net freshwater storage in the two aquifers has already increased by natural recharge and it asserts that there is no evidence of fresh groundwater loss because pumping rates at both of the aquifers have, in fact, increased since the invasion and occupation.

In connection with the evacuation, the Claimant alleges that it paid for buses, catering services and chartered aircraft for its evacuees.

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Iraq also states that there is evidence demonstrating that the health effects of the pollutants, even in Kuwait, were insignificant.

The Office of Internal Oversight Services report on the advisory services stated that, as the Office had informed UNCC in the past, there was no procedure within UNCC to take action against claimants filing false claims.

Stand alone claims are corporate business losses filed by individuals.

He supported his claim with invoices, receipts, and audited financial statements.

The Claimant asserts that it was required to make the reimbursements pursuant to the Netherlands Foreign Service Regulations which govern the employment relationship between the Claimant and its diplomatic personnel.

The individual claimant whose claim had been identified as potentially overlapping with the E4 claim has provided evidence in the form of audited financial statements and invoices to support the claim for loss of stock and loss of profits.

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In respect of the stand alone claims, for the reasons stated in paragraph 17 of the First E4 Report, as well as the reasons stated in paragraph 27 of the Instalment Twenty Three (A) Report, the Panel retained the services of an accounting firm and a loss adjusting firm as expert consultants.

Severance of claims for corporate business losses

As the D1 Panel is not mandated to review claims of corporate entities, these losses were severed from the category D claims, and transferred to category E4 .

Iran, therefore, could have included these claim units in the submissions that it filed within these deadlines.

These services were previously provided by contingent personnel.

Kuwait states that, as a result of Iraq's actions, many of its residents sustained injuries from mine and ordnance explosions, and were treated within its public healthcare system.

Overlapping claims relate to claims by both the shareholder and the corporate entity for losses pertaining to the same corporate business.

At times the claim preparers appeared to be more familiar with the claims than the claimants.

In the view of the Panel, this should involve the services of a qualified senior epidemiologist.

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Of these claims, the Panel recommends awards of compensation for two claims, while no awards are recommended for the remaining 16 claims.

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One claim in the sixth instalment was found to be a duplicate of a claim awarded compensation in the fifth instalment.

A total of 37 confirmed matches were identified, which related either to claims filed by the same claimant within the bedoun programme or to claims filed by the same claimant in different claim categories.

The individual claimant whose claim had been identified as potentially overlapping with the E4 claim provided additional evidence and claimed for losses in addition to those losses claimed by the E4 claimant.

Third F4 instalment, claim No. 5000450 and fourth F4 instalment, claim Nos. 5000454 and 5000466.

For example, in UNCC claim No. 3012259 the claimant seeks compensation of USD 4,930,795 for business losses.

For example, in UNCC claim No. 3011313 the claimant supported his claim for business losses with audited financial statements for the fiscal year 1990 with an audit certificate dated 25 March 1991.

While services such as translation can help claimants, the Panel notes that claim preparers have done a grave disservice to their clients if they have encouraged them to inflate their claims or fabricate or alter documents, or if they themselves have procured or submitted altered or fabricated documents on behalf of their clients.

The fourthsecond group of overlapping claims initially consisted of E4 claims related to 39seven category C claims and 24 category C and D claims.

These claims lack either the claimant's signature or evidence of authority to act on the part of the individual who filed the claim on behalf of the claimant.

Payment for services of technicians and cooks who support the team sites.

For example, in UNCC claim No. 3011224 the claimant asserted, in addition to her own losses, a salary loss on behalf of her husband.

First F4 instalment, claim No. 5000405.

In twofive of the individual claims identified as potentially overlapping with E4 claims, the Panel considers that the claim wass were not overlapping as the individual claimant was weres claiming losses that were related to the E4 claimant companies but were not overlapping losses (for example, where the individual claimant is seeking compensation for a loss of salary or management fee from the E4 claimant).

The modifications and adjustments reduce the expenses of the coastal preserve to USD 7,943,030.

The average amount claimed for the claims in this instalment is about USD 2 million, compared to about USD 820,000 for all claims, about USD 934,000 for Jordanian claims and about USD 861,000 for Kuwaiti claims in the regular category D claims programme.

The median amount claimed is about USD 470,000 for claims in this instalment, compared with about USD 263,000 for all claims, about USD 335,000 for Jordanian claims and about USD 276,000 for Kuwaiti claims in the regular category D claims programme Approximately 75 per cent of the claims in this instalment contain D8 D9 business losses in relation to unincorporated establishments in Kuwait.

Specifically, the secretariat, in valuing the claimant's D6 (loss of income) claim, incorrectly treated it as a duplicate of the claimant's C6 (salary loss) claim, resulting in an erroneous reduction of the amount of compensation awarded to the claimant for his C6 claim.

duplicate claims Two or more claims filed by a claimant under the late claims programme in the same category.

There are also three claimants in this instalment whose individual claims for C8 Business losses were determined to be claims for corporate losses.

JordanTwo claims reported in the second instalment were found to be duplicates of claims also reported in the same instalment.