United States

Last Updated: 18 October 2010

Support for Mine Action

In 2009 the United States contributed US$118,703,831 to 29 countries and four other areas for clearance, victim assistance, risk education, and to three institutions engaged in victim assistance activities globally. Eight of the recipients each received at least $4.5 million. This represents a 40% increase in support from 2008.

Afghanistan and Iraq received the largest US contributions, and together they constituted 43% of US funding in 2009.

The US was the largest victim assistance donor in 2009 with a contribution of $10,934,345 to 13 countries, the ICRC, the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO), and the US-based NGO, Motivation. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund provided almost $7 million of the contributions for victim assistance.

Contributions by recipient: 2009[1]

Recipient	Sector	Amount ($)
Afghanistan	Clearance, victim assistance	28,370,000
Iraq	Clearance, victim assistance, risk education	22,210,000
Angola	Clearance	8,163,494
Sri Lanka	Clearance	6,600,000
Lebanon	Clearance, victim assistance	6,241,672
Cambodia	Clearance, victim assistance, risk education	5,520,948
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clearance	4,981,000
Sudan	Clearance, risk education	4,599,964
Croatia	Clearance, risk education	3,460,000
Colombia	Clearance, victim assistance, risk education	3,258,163
Vietnam	Clearance, victim assistance	2,725,624
ICRC, ISPO, Motivation	Victim assistance	2,463,288
Lao PDR	Clearance, victim assistance	2,392,715
Peru	Clearance, victim assistance	2,184,000
Mozambique	Clearance	2,124,000
Jordan	Clearance, risk education	1,970,000
Albania	Clearance, victim assistance, risk education	1,498,643
Abkhazia	Clearance	1,318,710
Guinea-Bissau	Clearance	1,318,000
Ethiopia	Victim assistance	1,000,000
Nagorno Karabakh	Clearance	1,000,000
Serbia	Clearance	1,000,000
Somalia	Clearance	762,600
Somaliland	Clearance	759,962
Yemen	Clearance, victim assistance	600,000
Azerbaijan	Clearance	483,000
Senegal	Clearance, risk education	362,250
Philippines	Victim assistance	313,375
Nicaragua	Clearance, victim assistance	288,061
Kosovo	Clearance, risk education	261,000
Macedonia	Clearance	200,000
Georgia	Clearance	168,362
Palau	Clearance	85,000
Montenegro	Clearance	20,000
Total		118,703,831

Contributions by thematic sector: 2009[2]

Sector	Amount ($)	% of contribution
Clearance	105,327,438	89%
Victim assistance	10,934,345	9%
Risk education	2,442,048	2%
Total	118,703,831	100%

USAID Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund: 2009[3]

Recipient	Amount ($)
Colombia	1,183,031
Vietnam	1,018,161
ISPO	1,012,824
ICRC	1,000,000
Ethiopia	1,000,000
Lebanon	800,000
Motivation	450,464
Philippines	313,375
Lao PDR	140,000
Total	6,917,855

Summary of contributions: 2005–2009[4]

Year	Amount ($ million)	% change from previous year
2009	118.70	+40%
2008	85.00	+22%
2007	69.80	-26%
2006	94.50	+15%
2005	81.90	N/A
Total	449.90

N/A= Not applicable

[1] US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2010,” Washington, DC, July 2010; Cleared Ground Demining, “Republic of Palau Project,” www.clearedground.org; email from Arben Braha, Director, Albania Mine Action Executive, 16 April 2010; email from Camilo Serna Villegas, Operations Coordinator, Colombian Campaign against Mines, 28 July 2010; and email from Cathy Savino, Contract Administrator, USAID Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund, 7 July 2010.

[2] Contributions for 2009 are for the 1 September 2008 to 30 October 2009 US fiscal year.

^{^[3]} USAID, “Leahy War Victims Fund,” www.usaid.gov.

[4] See Landmine Monitor Report 2009, p. 84.