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Support for Mine Action
Support for Mine Action
In 2011, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) contributed US$290,000 in mine action funding through the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action (VTF) and International Trust Fund Enhancing Human Security (ITF, formerly the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance). South Korea’s contributions to the VTF went towards support to Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Libya, while its contributions through the ITF went to Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Gaza, as well as to the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for regional mine action coordination in Central Asia.[1]
Recipients of contributions in 2011
|
Mechanism |
Recipient |
Sector |
Amount ($) |
|
UNMAS |
Libya |
Clearance |
100,000 |
|
UNMAS |
Afghanistan |
Clearance |
50,000 |
|
UNMAS |
Lebanon |
Clearance |
40,000 |
|
ITF |
Azerbaijan |
Clearance |
30,000 |
|
ITF |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Clearance |
30,000 |
|
ITF |
Occupied Palestinian Territories |
Victim Assistance |
20,000 |
|
ITF |
OSCE: Central Asia Regional Coordination |
Coordination |
20,000 |
|
Total |
|
|
290,000 |
Korea’s 2011 contribution was a small increase on its support for mine action in 2010. Since 2009, Korea has contributed $740,000 to mine action.
Summary of contributions: 2009–2011[2]
|
Year |
Amount ($) |
|
2011 |
290,000 |
|
2010 |
260,000 |
|
2009 |
190,000 |
|
Total |
740,000 |
[1] Email from Eugen Secareanu, Resource Mobilisation Assistant, Resource Mobilisation Unit, UN Mine Action Service, 30 May 2012 and ITF, “Donors: Korea.”
[2] Email from Eugen Secareanu, UNMAS, 30 May 2012; ITF, “Donors: Korea”; and UNMAS Annual Reports 2009, p. 105, and 2010, p. 86.
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