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Support for Mine Action
Sri Lanka continued to receive significant levels of international assistance for mine action in 2011. International contributions from seven states, the European Commission (EC), UNDP, and UNICEF towards mine action totaled US$24.6 million.[1]
Australia provided the largest contribution (US$7.86 million), while Norway ($3.65 million) and the EC ($3.3 million) were the second and third largest contributors.
In July 2011, UNDP and UNICEF completed a joint mine action program that began in January 2010 and which supported risk education activities and established the National Mine Action Center with $3 million from the UN Peacebuilding Fund.[2]
India has contributed to mine action in Sri Lanka since 2003. The Indian NGO Sarvatra conducts clearance activities in Sri Lanka with an unspecified amount of support from the government of India.[3]
Sri Lanka has never reported its financial contribution to its mine action program. However, in a speech on the 2012 budget, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that since 2009 the army has been engaged in demining, rebuilding, and urban development at a cost of LKR5.4 billion (approximately US$40 million).[4]
International contributions: 2011[5]
|
Donor |
Sector |
Amount (national currency) |
Amount (US$) |
|
Australia |
Clearance, victim assistance, risk education |
A$7,610,000 |
7,862,652 |
|
Norway |
Clearance |
NOK20,441,000 |
3,648,745 |
|
EC |
Clearance |
€2,375,681 |
3,309,561 |
|
UN Peacebuilding Fund |
Clearance, risk education |
$3,000,000 |
3,000,000 |
|
US |
Clearance |
$2,500,000 |
2,500,000 |
|
Japan |
Clearance |
¥176,340,634 |
2,212,555 |
|
UK |
Clearance |
£739,665 |
1,186,645 |
|
Switzerland |
Clearance |
CHF660,000 |
744,753 |
|
Germany |
Victim assistance |
€112,500 |
156,724 |
|
Total |
24,621,635 |
Summary of contributions: 2007–2011[6]
|
Year |
Amount US$ |
|
2011 |
24,621,635 |
|
2010 |
26,313,012 |
|
2009 |
24,806,090 |
|
2008 |
8,173,696 |
|
2007 |
7,586,350 |
|
Total |
91,500,783 |
[1] Response to Monitor questionnaire by Christine Pahlman, Mine Action Coordinator, AusAID, 24 April 2012; Email from Carolin J. Thielking, Directorate for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, European External Action Service, European Commission, 15 April 2012; Japan Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report, Form J, 12 May 2012; and Responses to Monitor questionnaire by Lt.-Col. Klaus Koppetsch, Desk Officer Mine Action, German Federal Foreign Office, 20 April 2012; by Ingunn Vatne, Senior Advisor, Department for Human Rights, Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 15 March 2012; by Claudia Moser, Section for Multilateral Peace Policy, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland, 19 June 2012; and by Hannah Binci, Security and Justice Team, Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department, DfID, 9 May 2012; US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2011,” Washington, DC, July 2012; and Peacebuilding Fund, “Final Programme Narrative Report,” 20 April 2012.
[2] Peacebuilding Fund, “Final Programme Narrative Report,” 20 April 2012.
[3] Sarvatra, “ARJUN Demining,” undated.
[4] Ministry of Economic Development, “2012 Budget 100 Proposals for Development His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa presented the 2012 budget proposals to the parliament.”
[5] Exchange rates for 2011: A$1.0332 = US$1; €1 = US$1.3931; ¥79.7 = US$1; NOK5.6022 = US$1; CHF0.8862 = US$1, US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2012.
[6] See previous editions of Landmine Monitor; and ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Sri Lanka: Support for Mine Action,” 13 September 2011.
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