Zimbabwe
Support for Mine Action
Support for Mine Action
In 2010 and again in 2011, the government of Zimbabwe provided US$150,000 to the Zimbabwe Mine Action Centre (ZIMAC), although it was planned that ZIMAC would receive $500,000 according to its second Article 5 deadline Extension Request, approved by States Parties in December 2010. Colonel Mkhululi Bhika Ncube, the director of ZIMAC, cited the dire economic situation in Zimbabwe as the reason the government provided only $150,000.[1]
With the exception of some demining equipment received from UNDP in 2009 and valued at some $25,000, Zimbabwe has not received international assistance since 2001.[2]
Summary of national contributions: 2007–2011[3]
|
Year |
Amount (US$) |
|
2011 |
150,000 |
|
2010 |
150,000 |
|
2009 |
500,000 |
|
2008 |
500,000 |
|
2007 |
500,000 |
|
Total |
1,800,000 |
[1] Interviews with Col. Mkhululi Bhika Ncube, Director, ZIMAC, in Geneva, 23 June 2011 and 21 March 2012.
[2] ZIMAC reported that only 12 metal detectors, with a market value of approximately $25,000, from an expected $150,000 worth of equipment, had been delivered. Interview with Christopher Sibanda, then-Director, ZIMAC, in Geneva, 24 June 2010.
[3] Interviews with Col. Mkhululi Bhika Ncube, ZIMAC, in Geneva, 23 June 2011 and 21 March 2012; Second Article 5 Extension Request (Revised), 28 September 2010, p. 17.