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Support for Mine Action
Support for Mine Action
Niger is contaminated with both antivehicle and antipersonnel mines. The extent of contamination from antivehicle mines is unknown but there is at least one mined area containing antipersonnel mines, located near a former French military base, now a Niger frontier post with Libya.[1]
Niger received international assistance in 2010 and 2011 from Switzerland. In 2010, Switzerland contributed US$124,617 towards mine action, and in 2011 it contributed CHF183,468 (US$207,208) to Handicap International and UNDP/National Commission for the Collection and Control of Illicit Weapons (Commission Nationale Pour la Collecte et le Contrôle des Armes Illicites, CNCCAI) for mine action.[2]
Summary of international contributions in 2010–2011
|
Year |
Amount (US$) |
|
2011 |
207,208 |
|
2010 |
124,617 |
|
Total |
331,825 |
[1] ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Niger: Mine Action,” updated 2012.
[2] Response to Monitor questionnaire by Claudia Moser, Section for Multilateral Peace Policy, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland, 31 May 2011.
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