Ethiopia

Last Updated: 26 August 2011

Support for Mine Action

In 2010, the Ethiopian Mine Action Office (EMAO) received US$10,780,398 from the European Commission (EC) and six states. The majority (85%) of international support in 2010 went towards clearance activities.

The United States (US) contribution through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Leahy War Victims fund went to the ICRC to support rehabilitation centers in Ethiopia.[1]

The government of Ethiopia did not report a national contribution in 2010 to its mine action program. At the Tenth Meeting of States Parties in December 2010 Ethiopia reported that the government of Ethiopia contributed approximately 30%, or $24 million, of its mine action budget since 2001.[2] A breakdown of annual contributions is not available.

International contributions: 2010[3]

Donor

Sector

Amount (national currency)

Amount

($)

EC

Clearance

€5,000,000

6,630,500

Norway

Clearance

NOK8,920,000

1,475,575

US

Victim assistance

$1,328,000

1,328,000

Italy

Risk education

€300,000

397,830

Netherlands

Clearance

€300,000

397,830

Germany

Clearance

€215,250

285,443

Finland

Clearance

€200,000

265,220

Total

 

 

10,780,398

Summary of contributions: 2006–2010[4]

Year

Amount

($)

2010

10,780,398

2009

7,578,249

2008

9,463,549

2007

7,072,545

2006

7,859,540

Total

42,754,281

 

 



[1] US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2011,” Washington, DC, July 2011.

[2] Statement of Ethiopia, Tenth Meeting of States Parties, Geneva, 2 December 2010.

[3] Information provided by Maria Cruz Cristobal, Mine Action Desk, Security Policy Unit, Directorate-General for External Relations, EC, through David Spence, Minister Counsellor, Delegation of the European Union to the UN in Geneva, 20 June 2011; and letter from Markku Virri, Arms Control Unit, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland, 10 March 2011. Responses to Monitor questionnaire by Lt.-Col. Klaus Koppetsch, Desk Officer Mine Action, German Federal Foreign Office, 18 April 2011; Manfredo Capozza, Humanitarian Demining Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy, 6 April 2011; and Ingunn Vatne, Senior Advisor, Department for Human Rights, Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27 April 2011. Email from Tessa van der Sande, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to IKV Pax Christi, 29 March 2011; and US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2011,” Washington, DC, July 2011. Average exchange rate for 2010: €1=US$1.3261; US$1=NOK6.0451; US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 6 January 2011.

[4] See ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile:  Ethiopia: Support for Mine Action,” www.the-monitor.org, 1 October 2010.