Mauritania

Last Updated: 22 November 2013

Support for Mine Action

Since 2008, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania has contributed approximately US$4.3 million or 58% of its total mine action budget. In 2012, it contributed $850,000.[1]

In 2012, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, and Spain contributed $1,394,978 for clearance operations and risk education. Germany and Norway provided their support through Norwegian People’s Aid, and Japan and Spain made their contributions through the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action.[2]

International contributions: 2012[3]

Donor

Sector

Amount

Amount

($)

Norway

Clearance

NOK5,000,000

859,387

Japan

Clearance

¥15,759,980

197,444

Germany

Clearance

€125,000

160,738

Spain

Clearance

€90,000

115,731

France

Risk education

€47,965

61,678

Total

 

 

1,394,978

Summary of contributions: 2008–2012[4]

Year

National contributions

($)

International contributions

($)

Total contributions

2012

850,000

1,394,978

2,244,978

2011

985,000

807,158

1,792,158

2010

846,000

194,990

1,040,990

2009

846,000

257,366

1,103,366

2008

800,000

427,631

1,227,631

Total

4,327,000

3,082,123

7,409,123

 

 



[1] Presentation by Alioune ould Mohamed El Hacen, Coordinator, National Humanitarian Demining Programme for Development, in Addis Ababa, at African Union/ICRC workshop on weapon contamination in Africa, 5 March 2013.

[2] France, Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report, Form I, 30 April 2013; Germany, Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), Amended Protocol II, Form B, 23 March 2013; Japan, CCW, Amended Protocol II, 3 April 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; Spain, CCW, Protocol V, Form F, April 2013; and UNMAS, “UNMAS Annual Report 2012,” p. 39.

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

[4] ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Mauritania: Support for Mine Action,” 10 September 2012.