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Thu 06 Jun 2004UN body rejects Goodman claim for €272.8mA compensation claim for $330 million (€272.8 million) submitted by Irish beef baron Mr Larry Goodman and his family, for financial losses incurred as a result of the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait in 1991, has been rejected by the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), The Irish Times has learned. Denis McClean reports from GenevaThe UNCC is a subsidiary body of the UN Security Council. Its Governing Council is due to issue its verdict on the Goodman compensation claim on July 1st, but it is understood the panel of three UNCC commissioners examining the claim has recommended that it be turned down.