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Support for Mine Action
In 2008 and 2009, the Embassy of Poland in Angola provided US$155,000 to Versol, an Angolan commercial demining company, for a mine clearance operation in Lunda Sul.[1]
From 2005–2009 Poland provided mine clearance personnel in support of international peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Kosovo, and Syria with a valuation of at least $3.3 million.[2]
Summary of contributions: 2008–2009[3]
|
Year |
Amount (US$) |
|
2009 |
60,000 |
|
2008 |
95,000 |
|
Total |
155,000 |
[1] Interview with Jacek Wasilewski, Second Secretary, Embassy of Poland, Luanda, 10 May 2010.
[2] Article 7 Reports, Form J, 2009 (for calendar year 2008), 14 April 2008, 6 April 2007, 3 May 2006, and 11 May 2005; and see also Landmine Monitor Report 2009, p.92.
[3] UNMAS, “UNMAS Annual Report 2006,” New York, 11 May 2007; UNMAS, “UNMAS Annual Report 2007,” New York, 13 November 2008; UNMAS, “UNMAS Annual Report 2008,” New York, 2008; and UNMAS, “UNMAS Annual Report 2009,” New York, September 2010.
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