Tajikistan

Last Updated: 16 December 2013

Support for Mine Action

In 2012, international mine action contributions from five governments, UNDP, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to the Republic of Tajikistan totaled US$6.6 million. Germany, Norway, and the United States (US) provided two-thirds of the funding. Norwegian People’s Aid and the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action were the main recipients of the support.[1]

In 2012, Tajikistan reported it contributed $700,000 toward its own mine action program.[2]

International government contributions: 2012[3]

Donor

Sector

Amount

(national currency)

Amount ($)

US

Clearance

$1,691,000

1,691,000

Norway

Clearance, victim assistance

NOK9,572,152

1,645,237

Germany

Clearance

€831,866

1,069,696

UNDP

Clearance

$982,893

982,893

Canada

Clearance

C$567,686

567,970

OSCE

Clearance

€343,000

441,064

Japan

Clearance

¥19,010,969

238,173

Total

 

 

6,636,033

 

Summary of contributions: 2008–2012[4]

Year

National

International

Total

2012

700,000

6,636,033

7,336,033

2011

1,000,000

5,448,508

6,448,508

2010

700,000

6,476,545

7,176,545

2009

650,582

3,483,331

4,133,913

2008

574,000

1,863,366

2,437,366

Total

3,624,582

23,907,783

27,532,365

 

 



[1] Germany, Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), Amended Protocol II, Form B, 22 March 2013; response to Monitor questionnaire by Ingunn Vatne, Senior Advisor, Department for Human Rights, Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 11 April 2013; Japan, CCW, Amended Protocol II, 28 March 2013; Canada, Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report, Form J, 30 April 2013; US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2013,” Washington DC, August 2013, email from Luka Buhin, Mine Action Officer, OSCE, Dushanbe, 29 May 2013.

[2]Email from Ahad Mahmoudov, UNDP TMAC Programme Officer, 24 June 2013.

[3]Average exchange rate for 2012: €1=US$1.2859; ¥79.82=US$1; NOK5.8181=US$1; C$0.9995=US$1. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2013.