Pakistan

Last Updated: 27 July 2010

Support for Mine Action

In 2009, three donors contributed US$1,848,483 for risk education activities. The European Commission (EC) provided €1,266,275 ($1,764,554) to the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action; UNICEF provided PKR3,636,900 ($44,734) to the national NGO Sustainable Peace and Development Organization, and Sweden provided SEK300,000 ($39,195) to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.[1]

International contributions: 2009

Donor	Amount (National currency)	Amount ($)	Sector
EC	€1,266,275	1,764,554	Risk education
UNICEF	PKR3,636,900	44,734	Risk education
Sweden	SEK300,000	39,195	Risk education
Total		1,848,483

[1] Email from Farman Ali, Child Protection Officer, UNICEF, 1 May 2010; response to Monitor questionnaire by Vilde Rosén, Advisor, Humanitarian Disarmament Department for UN, Peace and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 April 2010; and email from Mari Cruz Cristóbal, Mine Action Desk, Security Policy Unit, Directorate-General for External Relations, EC, 16 June 2010. Average exchange rates for 2009: €1=US$1.3935; PKR1=US$0.01230; SEK1=US$0.13065. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 4 January 2010.