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

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

Category "C" Claims

C- INDIVIDUAL LOSES NOT EXCEEDING 100,000 US DOLLARS .
        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.

Status of Kuwaiti Claims on "C" category