The United Nations has released more than $1 billion in Iraqi compensation to Kuwait, in the latest payment of a war reparation scheme that began in 1994.
The payment brings the total compensation paid over the invasion and occupation of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein's regime to $35.4 billion.
A further $17 billion is due.
The compensation is being paid from a UN reparation fund into which Iraq is required to put five percent of its oil and gas revenues.
compiled from agency reports
The payment brings the total compensation paid over the invasion and occupation of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein's regime to $35.4 billion.
A further $17 billion is due.
The compensation is being paid from a UN reparation fund into which Iraq is required to put five percent of its oil and gas revenues.
compiled from agency reports