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Uganda

Last Updated: 22 November 2013

Support for Mine Action

The Republic of Uganda completed mine clearance operations in November 2012. At the Twelfth Meeting of States Parties in December 2012, Uganda declared that it had met its Article 5 Mine Ban Treaty obligations.[1] Contributions made in 2011 were used to complete clearance operations.

In 2012, Germany and Norway contributed a combined US$144,492 for victim assistance.[2]

International contributions: 2012[3]

Donor

Sector

Amount

(national currency)

Amount ($)

Germany

Victim assistance

€99,000

127,304

Norway

Victim assistance

NOK100,000

17,188

Total

 

 

144,492

Summary of contributions: 2008–2012[4]

Year

National contributions ($)

International contributions

($)

Total contributions

2012

500,000

144,492

644,492

2011

500,000

4,886,184

5,386,184

2010

400,000

1,741,145

2,141,145

2009

125,000

578,646

703,646

2008

250,000

783,506

1,033,506

Total

1,775,000

8,133,973

9,908,973

 

 



[1] Declaration of completion of implementation of Article 5 by Uganda, Twelfth Meeting of States Parties, Geneva, 5 December 2012.

[2] Germany, Convention on Conventional Weapons, Amended Protocol II, Form B, 23 March 2013; and response to Monitor questionnaire by Ingunn Vatne, Senior Advisor, Department for Human Rights, Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 11 April 2013.

[3] Average exchange rate for 2012: €1=US$1.2859; NOK5.8181=US$1. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2013.

[4] See Landmine Monitor reports 2008–2011; and ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Australia: Support for Mine Action,” 10 September 2012. Interview with Vicent Woboya, Director, Uganda Mine Action Centre (UMAC), in Phnom Penh, 1 December 2011.