Category "A" claims were 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 923,000 category "A" claims submitted by seventy-seven Governments and thirteen offices of three international organizations, seeking a total of approximately US$3.5 billion in compensation.
The category "A" Panel of Commissioners completed its work in 1996 with the exception of some special late-filed claims that were finalized in 1999 and 2000. The relevant panel reports for this category can be found here.
In total, the Governing Council awarded more than US$3.1 billion in compensation for over 850,000 successful category "A" claimants.
Image of pie chart showing the number of claims, broken down by country, which were awarded compensation under category A. 298,668 were awarded to Egypt; 101,257 were awarded to India; 80,547 were awarded to Sri Lanka; 61,769 were awarded to Bangladesh; 60,669 were awarded to Kuwait; 50,263 were awarded to Jordan; 32,841 were awarded to Pakistan; 30,256 were awarded to the Philippines; 20,994 were awarded to Sudan; 19,242 were awarded to Iran; 16,544 were awarded to Syria; 15,989 were awarded to Viet Nam; 12,170 were awarded to Yemen; 10,179 were awarded to China; and 41,111 were awarded to other countries.
Image of pie chart showing the amount of compensation awarded in US dollars, broken down by country, under category A claims. $818,593,500 was awarded to Egypt; $389,089,000 was awarded to India; $320,619,500 was awarded to Sri Lanka; $305,973,000 was awarded to Kuwait; $240,064,000 was awarded to Bangladesh; $226,367,000 was awarded to Jordan; $138,523,000 was awarded to Iran; $127,255,500 was awarded to Pakistan; $119,360,000 was awarded to the Philippines; $81,284,500 was awarded to Sudan; $63,968,000 was awarded to Viet Nam; $58,346,000 was awarded to Syria; $56,363,500 was awarded to Yemen; $40,737,500 was awarded to China; and $163,148,000 was awarded to other countries.