UNCC

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UNCC is an acronym commonly associated with the United Nations Compensation Commission, a UN body established to process claims and award compensation for losses resulting from Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

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Label Occurrences
UNCC canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations body ⓘ
subsidiary organ of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
abbreviation UNCC ⓘ
affiliation United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
appliesToCountry Iraq ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
appliesToEvent Gulf War ⓘ
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ⓘ
linked to: Gulf War
appliesToPeriod losses incurred between 2 August 1990 and 2 March 1991 ⓘ
compensationPaid over 50 billion US dollars (approximate) ⓘ
compensationType claims for losses suffered by corporations ⓘ
claims for losses suffered by governments ⓘ
claims for losses suffered by individuals ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
dissolved 2022 ⓘ
endCause completion of its mandate ⓘ
foundedBy United Nations Security Council ⓘ
fundingMechanism percentage of revenues from the UN oil‑for‑food programme ⓘ
fundingSource proceeds from Iraqi oil exports ⓘ
governingBody Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.uncc.ch/ ⓘ
headquartersLocation Geneva ⓘ
Palais des Nations ⓘ
inception 1991 ⓘ
jurisdiction claims arising directly from Iraq’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 692 ⓘ
locatedIn Geneva ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
notableWork establishment of a global reparations programme for victims of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ⓘ
numberOfClaimsProcessed millions of claims (approximate) ⓘ
parentOrganization United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
purpose process claims and award compensation for losses resulting from Iraq’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait in 1990–1991 ⓘ
regionServed international ⓘ
reportingTo United Nations Security Council ⓘ
standsFor United Nations Compensation Commission ⓘ
topic international law ⓘ
post‑conflict compensation ⓘ
war reparations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Compensation Commission → abbreviation → UNCC ⓘ
subject linked to: UNCC