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Support for Mine Action
In 2011, Australia contributed A$44,238,832 (US$45,707,561) in mine action funding, almost double their contribution in 2010.[1] The contribution went to 19 states, the ICRC, and the Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD). The largest contributions went to Afghanistan as well as to Sri Lanka, where they were the largest donor in 2011. Australia also contributed A$3.5 million ($3.6 million) to Libya through the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action (VTF).
In December 2009, at the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty, Australia announced a new mine action strategy for 2010–2014 with a total commitment of A$100 million ($103 million). Australia takes a comprehensive approach to mine action funding and does not differentiate between action on types of explosive remnants of war, including mines and cluster munitions, where one or more of these weapons are a problem.[2] At the end of its first two years of the five-year strategy Australia had already committed A$70 million ($72 million). At the Convention on Cluster Munitions Intersessional Standing Committee meetings in April 2012 in Geneva, Australia said it would exceed its A$100 million five-year commitment.[3]
Contributions by recipient: 2011[4]
|
Recipient |
Sector |
Amount (A$) |
Amount (US$) |
|
Afghanistan |
Clearance, risk education, victim assistance |
10,000,000 |
10,332,000 |
|
Sri Lanka |
Clearance, risk education, victim assistance |
7,610,000 |
7,862,652 |
|
Lao PDR |
Risk education, advocacy, victim assistance, clearance |
4,623,035 |
4,776,520 |
|
Libya |
Clearance, risk education |
3,500,000 |
3,616,200 |
|
Uganda |
Clearance |
3,253,110 |
3,361,113 |
|
ICRC |
Victim assistance |
3,250,000 |
3,357,900 |
|
Iraq |
Clearance, risk education |
2,000,000 |
2,066,400 |
|
GICHD |
Various |
1,100,000 |
1,136,520 |
|
South Sudan |
Clearance, victim assistance, risk education |
1,001,993 |
1,035,259 |
|
Chad |
Risk education |
1,000,000 |
1,033,200 |
|
DRC |
Clearance, victim assistance |
1,929,110 |
1,993,200 |
|
Ethiopia |
Clearance |
1,005,168 |
1,038,540 |
|
Lebanon |
Clearance |
800,000 |
826,560 |
|
Global |
Advocacy |
659,161 |
681,045 |
|
Egypt |
Clearance |
500,000 |
516,600 |
|
UNDP |
Advocacy |
400,000 |
413,280 |
|
Guinea Bissau |
Clearance |
349,800 |
361,413 |
|
UNMAS |
HQ Coordination |
300,000 |
309,960 |
|
Jordan |
Clearance |
250,000 |
258,300 |
|
Vietnam |
Victim assistance |
250,000 |
258,300 |
|
Cambodia |
Advocacy, victim assistance, risk education |
209,248 |
216,195 |
|
Tajikistan |
Victim assistance, risk education, capacity building |
148,207 |
153,127 |
|
Georgia |
Clearance |
50,000 |
51,660 |
|
Azerbaijan |
Victim assistance |
50,000 |
51,660 |
|
|
|
44,238,832 |
45,707,561 |
Contributions by thematic sector: 2011
|
Sector |
Amount (A$) |
Amount ($) |
% of total contribution |
|
Clearance |
31,466,961 |
32,511,664 |
71.1 |
|
Risk education |
4,957,761 |
5,122,359 |
11.2 |
|
Victim assistance |
3,759,248 |
3,884,055 |
8.5 |
|
Various |
2,495,701 |
2,578,558 |
5.7 |
|
Advocacy |
1,559,161 |
1,610,925 |
3.5 |
|
Total |
44,238,832 |
45,707,561 |
100 |
Summary of contributions: 2007–2011[5]
|
Year |
Amount (A$) |
Amount ($) |
|
2011 |
44,238,832 |
45,707,561 |
|
2010 |
26,570,740 |
24,445,081 |
|
2009 |
24,451,706 |
19,382,870 |
|
2008 |
21,263,137 |
18,152,340 |
|
2007 |
19,906,343 |
16,703,410 |
|
Totals |
136,430,758 |
124,391,262 |
[1] Average exchange rate for 2011: A$1 = US$1.0332. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2012.
[3] Statement of Australia, Convention on Cluster Munitions Intersessional Standing Committee meetings, Geneva, 17 April 2012.
[4] Response to Monitor questionnaire by Christine Pahlman, Mine Action Coordinator, AusAID, 24 April 2012. A slight difference in the total figure in US$ is due to rounding up or down.
[5] See previous editions of Landmine Monitor; and ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Australia: Support for Mine Action,” www.the-monitor.org, 22 June 2011. Average exchange rate for 2011: A$1 = 1.0332 = US$1. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2012; for 2010: A$1 = US$0.9200; 2009: A$1 = US$0.7927; 2008: A$1 = US$0.8537; 2007: A$1 = US$0.8391. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 6 January 2011.
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