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Thailand

Last Updated: 19 August 2011

Support for Mine Action

In 2010, Thailand did not report any contributions to its mine action program.

In 2010, Norway was Thailand’s sole international mine action donor, contributing NOK700,000 ($115,796) towards clearance activities.[1]

Thailand’s Article 5 deadline extension request submitted in 2008 included annual cost estimates for clearance activities and specified annual funding amounts projected for the government of Thailand and international donors. From 2009 to 2013 Thailand committed to contributing THB1 billion ($30.3 million) for mine clearance, and THB1.5 billion ($45.5 million) from 2014 to 2018, for a total contribution of THB12.5 billion ($378.8 million), or approximately 72% of its total Article 5 extension budget. Unspecified donors were projected to cover the remaining costs, totaling approximately THB 4.9 billion (about $149 million) and ranging from THB421.3 million ($12.8 million) in 2009 to THB635.4 million ($19.3 million) in 2016 before falling back to THB595.8 million ($18.1 million) in 2018.[2]

Thailand’s statements at the June 2010 and June 2011 Mine Ban Treaty intersessional Standing Committee meetings, and its Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 transparency reports submitted in 2010 and 2011, did not provide any substantial information regarding national funding provided,  international funding received, or resource mobilization strategies for meeting the commitments outlined in the deadline extension request.

Summary of national and international contributions: 2006–2010[3]

Year

National contributions (national currency)

National contributions ($)

International contributions
(national currency)

International contri
butions ($)

Total contri
butions
 ($)

2010

N/R

N/R

NOK700,000

115,796

115,796

2009

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

2008

THB106,000,000

3,215,824

N/R

N/R

3,215,824

2007

THB88,300,000

2,741,981

N/R

1,611,071

4,353,052

2006

THB18,000,000

475,235

N/R

800,547

1,275,782

Total

THB212,300,000

6,433,040

 

2,527,414

8,960,454

N/R = Not reported

 



[1] Response to Monitor questionnaire by Ingunn Vatne, Senior Advisor, Department for Human Rights, Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27 April 2011.

[2] Article 5 deadline Extension Request (Revision), 2 October 2008, p. 23.

[3] See previous editions of Landmine Monitor.  Average exchange rate for 2010: US$1=NOK6.0451; 2008: US$1=THB32.9620; and 2007: US$1=THB32.2030. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 6 January 2011. Average exchange rate for 2006: US$1=37.876. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 2 January 2009.