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Sept. deadline set for Gulf War claims
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Posted on May 19 2006
The Philippine Consulate Office in the CNMI is announcing the availability of the list of at least 817 Gulf War claims of overseas Filipino workers who were affected during the 1990 Iraq-Kuwait War.
The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs announced early this May that the United Nations Compensation Commission Governing Council in Geneva, during its 56th Session, that has set Sept. 30, 2006 the deadline for locating and paying Gulf War claimants.
Philippine Claims and Compensation Committee Secretariat Secretary General Minda C. Cruz stated that based on the PCCCS records, there are still Gulf War claimants who have not coordinated with PCCCS despite the efforts to reach them through mail, saturation drives within the Philippines and abroad and assistance of Philippine Foreign Service Posts. She said that PCCCS is now calling on these claimants to coordinate with the office at the soonest possible time.
“These claimants must coordinate with PCCCS before the set deadline because after Sept. 30, 2006, UNCC will no longer entertain Philippine government’s requests for the return of funds to be paid to applicants whose claims have already been approved by the UNCC,” Cruz said.
All OFWs who were affected by the war in Iraq and Kuwait in 1990 and who have claims approved by the UNCC must call the office in the Philippines at 832-5303 or visit her office at the 3rd floor of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pasay City so they can find out if they are included in the UNCC list of approved claims. The list of the approved claims is also available at the Philippine Consulate Office.
