Uganda
Support for Mine Action
In 2011, five international donors contributed US$4,886,184 to mine clearance operations and victim assistance. Australia, the Kingdom of Norway, and the Kingdom of Sweden contributed $3,220,354 to Danish Demining Group (DDG) for clearance operations and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Federal Republic of Germany contributed ($267,797) to Handicap International (HI) for victim assistance. Australia also provided US$1,398,033 to HI for risk education.[1]
The amount of funding the Republic of Uganda received in 2011 represents 50% of all mine action funding it received from 2007–2011. The large increase in funding in 2011 was to support Uganda in meeting its Article 5 deadline by 1 August 2012, which it failed to do. In August 2012, Australia extended its support to DDG for three additional months.[2]
International contributions: 2011[3]
|
Donor |
Sector |
Amount (national currency) |
Amount ($) |
|
Australia |
Clearance, risk education |
A$3,253,110 |
3,361,113 |
|
Norway |
Clearance |
NOK6,180,000 |
1,103,138 |
|
Luxembourg |
Victim assistance |
€143,959 |
200,549 |
|
Sweden |
Clearance |
SEK1,000,000 |
154,136 |
|
Germany |
Victim assistance |
€48,272 |
67,248 |
|
Total |
|
|
4,886,184 |
Thematic contributions: 2011
|
Sector |
Amount ($) |
|
Clearance |
3,220,354 |
|
Risk education |
1,398,033 |
|
Victim assistance |
267,797 |
|
Total |
4,886,184 |
Summary of contributions: 2007–2011[4]
|
Year |
National contributions ($) |
International contributions ($) |
Total contributions ($) |
|
2011 |
500,000 |
4,886,184 |
5,386,184 |
|
2010 |
400,000 |
1,741,145 |
2,141,145 |
|
2009 |
125,000 |
578,646 |
703,646 |
|
2008 |
250,000 |
783,506 |
1,033,506 |
|
2007 |
250,000 |
1,841,052 |
2,091,052 |
|
Total |
1,525,000 |
9,830,533 |
11,355,533 |
[1] Response to Monitor questionnaire by Christine Pahlman, Mine Action Coordinator, AusAID, 24 April 2012;
response to Monitor questionnaire by Lt.-Col. Klaus Koppetsch, Desk Officer Mine Action, German Federal Foreign Office, 20 April 2012; email from Eugen Secareanu, Resource Mobilisation Unit, United Nations Mine Action Service, 30 May 2012; response to Monitor questionnaire by Ingunn Vatne, Senior Advisor, Department for Human Rights, Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 15 March 2012; and response to Monitor questionnaire by Maria Linderyd Linder, Deputy Director, Head of Section, Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 24 April 2012.
[2] ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Uganda: Mine Action,” 17 December 2012.
[3] Average exchange rates for 2011: A$1.0332=US$1; €1.3931=US$1; NOK5.6022=US$1; SEK6.4878=US$1. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2012.
[4] ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Uganda: Support for Mine Action,” 24 August 2011. Interview with Vicent Woboya, Director, Uganda Mine Action Center, Phnom Penh, 1 December 2011.