United States
Support for Mine Action
In 2010 the United States contributed US$129,579,834 in mine action funding.[1] Afghanistan and Iraq received the largest US contributions, and together they constituted 45% of US funding in 2010, a 2% increase from 2009. Seven recipients each received at least $4.5 million.
The US provided support to two institutions engaged in victim assistance activities globally and provided support to 30 states and four areas through 50 organizations, and one trust fund—the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF).[2]
The US was the largest victim assistance donor in 2010 with a contribution of $15,012,376 to nine countries, the ICRC,[3] 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 more than $8 million of the contributions for victim assistance. The State Department’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (WRA) provided an additional $7 million to eight countries[4] for victim assistance.
In addition to the $129.6 million in mine action funding, the US also contributes to mine action through its military-to-military humanitarian mine action training program and the provision of new demining equipment for field testing in Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. In 2010 these activities were valued at more than $12 million.[5]
Contributions by recipient: 2010[6]
Recipient |
Sector |
Amount |
Afghanistan |
Clearance; victim assistance |
33,820,000 |
Iraq |
Clearance; victim assistance; risk education |
24,914,000 |
Angola |
Clearance |
9,850,000 |
Cambodia |
Clearance; victim assistance; risk education |
5,542,000 |
Lao PDR |
Clearance; victim assistance; risk education |
5,102,000 |
Sri Lanka |
Clearance; victim assistance |
4,717,000 |
Vietnam |
Clearance; victim assistance |
4,533,000 |
Colombia |
Victim assistance; clearance; risk education |
4,026,000 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Clearance |
3,800,000 |
Sudan |
Clearance |
3,600,000 |
Lebanon |
Clearance; victim assistance |
2,750,000 |
Tajikistan |
Clearance |
2,478,390 |
Croatia |
Clearance |
2,130,000 |
Jordan |
Clearance; victim assistance |
2,106,000 |
Georgia |
Clearance |
2,000,000 |
Mozambique |
Clearance |
2,000,000 |
Peru |
Clearance; victim assistance |
2,000,000 |
Serbia |
Clearance |
1,480,000 |
ISPO, Motivation |
Victim assistance |
1,350,672 |
Ethiopia |
Victim assistance |
1,328,000 |
Somalia |
Clearance |
1,200,000 |
Kosovo |
Clearance |
1,100,000 |
Yemen |
Clearance; victim assistance |
1,065,000 |
Guinea Bissau |
Clearance |
1,000,000 |
Nagorno-Karabakh |
Clearance |
1,000,000 |
Azerbaijan |
Clearance; victim assistance |
893,000 |
Abkhazia |
Clearance |
850,000 |
Somaliland |
Clearance |
800,000 |
Pakistan |
Risk education |
516,407 |
Nepal |
Victim assistance |
500,000 |
Senegal |
Clearance |
500,000 |
Ecuador |
Clearance |
183,000 |
Albania |
Victim assistance |
167,704 |
Montenegro |
Clearance |
150,000 |
Macedonia |
Clearance |
127,661 |
Total |
|
129,579,834 |
The US allocated 87% of its mine action support in 2010 for clearance activities.
Contributions by thematic sector: 2010[7]
Sector |
Amount |
% of total contribution |
Clearance |
113,256,051 |
87.40 |
Victim assistance |
15,012,376 |
11.59 |
Risk education |
1,311,407 |
1.01 |
Total |
129,579,834 |
100 |
USAID Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund: 2010[8]
Recipient |
Amount |
Colombia |
1,500,000 |
Ethiopia |
1,328,000 |
Lao PDR |
1,180,000 |
ISPO |
1,012,824 |
Vietnam |
1,000,000 |
Lebanon |
750,000 |
Cambodia |
500,000 |
Nepal |
500,000 |
Motivation |
337,848 |
Sri Lanka |
300,000 |
Total |
8,408,672 |
The US allocates the majority of its mine action funding through the WRA. Additional funding is allocated through the Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund and the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at USAID and the Department of Defense’s Humanitarian Demining Research and Development Program.
The US contribution in 2010 increased by 9% from 2009. From 2006–2010 the US contribution for mine action totaled $497.53 million, with an annual contribution averaging $99,506,733.
Summary of contributions: 2006–2010[9]
Year |
Amount |
% change from previous year |
2010 |
129,579,834 |
+9 |
2009 |
118,703,831 |
+40 |
2008 |
85,000,000 |
+22 |
2007 |
69,800,000 |
-26 |
2006 |
94,500,000 |
+15 |
Total |
497,533,665 |
N/A |
N/A = not applicable
[1] US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2011,” Washington, DC, July 2011.
[2] The US contributions to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia were made via the ITF.
[3] The US contribution to Ethiopia was to support the ICRC's rehabilitation centers in the country.
[4] The WRA funded victim assistance projects in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Azerbaijan, Albania, Colombia, Lao PDR, Peru, and Vietnam.
[5] US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2011,” Washington, DC, July 2011.
[6] Ibid; and USAID, “Leahy War Victims Fund,” www.usaid.gov.
[7] Contributions for 2009 are for the 1 September 2008 to 30 October 2009 US fiscal year.
[8] USAID, “Leahy War Victims Fund,” www.usaid.gov.
[9] ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: United States: Support for Mine Action,” www.the-monitor.org, 18 October 2010.
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