Sweden

Last Updated: 09 August 2012

Support for Mine Action

Support for Mine Action

In 2011, Sweden allocated SEK79,210,411 (US$12,209,132) in mine action funding, which is comparable in equivalent dollar termsto the amount contributed in 2010.[1]Sweden’s contributions, however, have declined each year since 2008, when it contributedSEK124,458,455 (US$18,901,450).

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) received the largest contribution (SEK27,352,000/$4,215,913), constituting more than one-third of Sweden’s contribution in 2011.

Sweden, through the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), made the only bilateral contribution to support the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in clearing explosive remnants of war in Côte d’Ivoire in 2011. An assessment mission by HALO Trust in May 2011 found no evidence of antipersonnel mines.[2]

Contributions by recipient: 2011[3]

Recipient

Sector

Amount (SEK)

Amount ($)

DRC

Clearance

27,352,000

4,215,913

Afghanistan

Clearance

15,000,000

2,312,032

Iraq

Clearance

15,000,000

2,312,032

Various

Advocacy

6,593,411

1,016,278

Global

Clearance

5,000,000

770,677

Côte d’Ivoire

Clearance

4,845,000

746,786

South Sudan

Clearance

2,200,000

339,098

Georgia

Stockpile destruction

1,200,000

184,963

Libya

Clearance

1,020,000

157,218

Uganda

Clearance

1,000,000

154,135

Total

79,210,411

12,209,132

Sweden allocated 90% of its mine action support in 2011 for clearance activities.

Contributions by thematic sector: 2011

Sector

Amount (SEK)

Amount ($)

% of total contribution

Clearance

71,417,000

11,007,891

90.2

Stockpile destruction

1,200,000

184,963

1.5

Advocacy

6,593,411

1,016,278

8.3

Totals

79,210,411

12,209,132

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Summary of contributions: 2007–2011[4]

Year

Amount (€)

Amount ($)

2011

79,210,411

12,209,130

2010

93,500,000

12,976,560

2009

114,182,000

14,918,150

2008

124,458,455

18,901,450

2007

118,287,250

17,511,070

Totals

529,638,116

76,516,360

 

 



[1]Average exchange rate for 2011: US$1 = SEK6.4878. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2012.

[2]HALO, “HALO assessment mission to Ivory Coast,” Press release, 1 July 2011.

[3]Response to Monitor questionnaire from Maria Linderyd Linder, Deputy Director, Head of Section, Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 24 April 2012.

[4]See previous editions of Landmine Monitor; and ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Sweden: Support for Mine Action,” www.the-monitor.org, 15 September 2011. Average exchange rate for 2011: US$1 = SEK6.4878. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2012; for 2010: US$1=SEK7.2053; 2009: US$1=SEK7.6539; 2008: US$1=SEK6.5846; and 2007: US$1=SEK6.7550. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 6 January 2011.