October 30, 2010
UNITED NATIONS: Iran's claim of Iraq to pay compensation linked to the UN Security Council
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Confirmed that the UN mission in Iraq, demanding that Iran Iraq to pay reparations for the war, which lasted eight years, linked to a decision of the UN Security Council, as pointed out that the UN was trying to conceptualize an equitable between Iraq and Kuwait to the issue of compensation.
The head of the UN mission in Iraq, Ad Melkert, said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", the UN mission in Iraq is not a valid consideration in calling on Iran, demanded compensation from Iraq for a war that lasted eight years, asserting that "the issue is the prerogative of the UN Security Council and determined by them. "
Melkert said that "the issue of compensation have specifics vary from case to case," he said, "I can not comment on the case at the present time."
Iran has been renewed on the ninth of August last claim Iraq to pay reparations her about the war between the two countries, as confirmed by a member of the National Security Committee in the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran A. Haidar Port that work is underway in the Council to prepare a draft resolution that would oblige the government to monitor the case to seek compensation for war Iraq on his country, stating that if Iraq wanted to pay compensation to Iran based on the price of oil, $ 70, it must give Iran a million barrels of oil a day over fifty years to offset part of the damage that war.
In a related development, Melkert said that "the UN mission is seeking to restore confidence between Iraq and Kuwait to facilitate the issue of compensation claimed by the result of losses suffered by them after the invasion by the former regime in August of 1991 through the provision of perceptions of a fair and balanced to build good relations between the two countries neighbors. "
The President of the United Nations Mission in Iraq, Ad Melkert, said in an interview earlier "Alsumaria News" that the issue of removing Iraq from the list of Chapter VII are linked to the implementation of the Iraqi government for all the decisions made in the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, "noting that" the implementation of international resolutions issued on Iraq and improve relations with Kuwait is the way to remove it from the list of Chapter VII. "
It is noteworthy that the compensation committee of the United Nations has proclaimed the month of July of last year, in a statement that it paid to Kuwait $ 650 million (497.4 million euros) in compensation for the Iraqi occupation of this country, and with the payment of this amount, the higher the total value of compensation that have been paid to Kuwait to 30.15 billion dollars.
And the value of the remaining amount of approximately 22.3 billion dollars.
Iraq has been under since 1990 under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, which imposed after the invasion of Kuwait in August of the same year, and this item allows the use of force against Iraq as a threat to international security, in addition to the freezing of large amounts of its assets financial global banks for the purpose of paying compensation to those affected by the invasion of Kuwait.
Estimates of Iraq's debt to Kuwait between (8) billion (13.2 billion) dollars in addition to a billion dollars in compensation claimed by KAC for damages suffered in the invasion.
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Confirmed that the UN mission in Iraq, demanding that Iran Iraq to pay reparations for the war, which lasted eight years, linked to a decision of the UN Security Council, as pointed out that the UN was trying to conceptualize an equitable between Iraq and Kuwait to the issue of compensation.
The head of the UN mission in Iraq, Ad Melkert, said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", the UN mission in Iraq is not a valid consideration in calling on Iran, demanded compensation from Iraq for a war that lasted eight years, asserting that "the issue is the prerogative of the UN Security Council and determined by them. "
Melkert said that "the issue of compensation have specifics vary from case to case," he said, "I can not comment on the case at the present time."
Iran has been renewed on the ninth of August last claim Iraq to pay reparations her about the war between the two countries, as confirmed by a member of the National Security Committee in the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran A. Haidar Port that work is underway in the Council to prepare a draft resolution that would oblige the government to monitor the case to seek compensation for war Iraq on his country, stating that if Iraq wanted to pay compensation to Iran based on the price of oil, $ 70, it must give Iran a million barrels of oil a day over fifty years to offset part of the damage that war.
In a related development, Melkert said that "the UN mission is seeking to restore confidence between Iraq and Kuwait to facilitate the issue of compensation claimed by the result of losses suffered by them after the invasion by the former regime in August of 1991 through the provision of perceptions of a fair and balanced to build good relations between the two countries neighbors. "
The President of the United Nations Mission in Iraq, Ad Melkert, said in an interview earlier "Alsumaria News" that the issue of removing Iraq from the list of Chapter VII are linked to the implementation of the Iraqi government for all the decisions made in the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, "noting that" the implementation of international resolutions issued on Iraq and improve relations with Kuwait is the way to remove it from the list of Chapter VII. "
It is noteworthy that the compensation committee of the United Nations has proclaimed the month of July of last year, in a statement that it paid to Kuwait $ 650 million (497.4 million euros) in compensation for the Iraqi occupation of this country, and with the payment of this amount, the higher the total value of compensation that have been paid to Kuwait to 30.15 billion dollars.
And the value of the remaining amount of approximately 22.3 billion dollars.
Iraq has been under since 1990 under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, which imposed after the invasion of Kuwait in August of the same year, and this item allows the use of force against Iraq as a threat to international security, in addition to the freezing of large amounts of its assets financial global banks for the purpose of paying compensation to those affected by the invasion of Kuwait.
Estimates of Iraq's debt to Kuwait between (8) billion (13.2 billion) dollars in addition to a billion dollars in compensation claimed by KAC for damages suffered in the invasion.
