The United Nations said it paid out about $1.3 billion in compensation to Kuwait on Thursday over Iraq\'s invasion of the Gulf emirate in 1990. The Geneva-based UN Compensation Commission said the payments related to damage to Kuwait\'s oil wells, pipelines and equipment during the seven-month occupation by Iraqi forces and subsequent losses to production and sales. It said it has now paid out a total of $40.1 billion to over 100 governments and international organisations in reparations for the invasion, with about $12.3 billion still to be paid. Payments to meet Kuwait\'s claims are funded by a percentage of the proceeds of Iraqi oil sales, currently at five percent.