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United Kingdom

Last Updated: 30 October 2013

Support for Mine Action

In 2012, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) contributed £13,873,858 (US$21,994,227)[1] in mine action funding to 11 states and one other area as well as the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action (VTF); this represented an increase of 22% from that in 2011 and 35% since 2010 in US dollars. The largest contributions in 2012 went to Afghanistan and Sudan. The UK provided funding to 10 countries through the UK-based NGOs Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and HALO Trust; approximately one third of the UK funding was through the VTF. [2]

Contributions by recipient: 2012[3]

Recipient

Sector

Amount (£)

Amount ($)

Afghanistan

Clearance

1,944,966

3,083,355

Sudan

Clearance

1,849,416

2,931,879

Global

Various

1,498,527

2,375,615

Libya

Clearance

1,307,313

2,072,483

Cambodia

Clearance

1,251,116

1,983,394

Mozambique

Clearance

1,122,380

1,779,309

Vietnam

Clearance

967,901

1,534,413

DRC

Clearance

964,276

1,528,667

Lao PDR

Clearance

919,120

1,457,081

Sri Lanka

Clearance

905,616

1,435,673

Somaliland

Clearance

699,945

1,109,623

Iraq

Clearance

410,782

651,213

Mali

Clearance

32,500

51,522

Total

 

13,873,858

21,994,227

In its 2010–2013 mine action strategy, the UK Department for International Development (DfID) stated it does not support programs that specifically target mine survivors, and that victim assistance is best provided through health services available to all persons with disabilities.[4] In January 2013, DfID commissioned an evaluation of its 2010–2013 Mine Action Strategy to examine whether the programs funded under the strategy were effective and sustainable and whether they delivered development benefits to mine-affected areas.[5] As of August 2013 the results of the evaluation had not been released.

Since 2008, DfID has averaged £12.1 million per year for mine action.

Summary of contributions: 2008–2012[6]

Year

Amount (£)

Amount ($)

2012

13,873,858

21,994,227

2011

11,208,567

17,981,904

2010

10,573,232

16,337,758

2009

11,440,275

17,916,615

2008

13,451,597

24,945,987

Total

60,547,529

99,176,491

 

 



[1] Average exchange rate for 2012: £1=US$1.5853. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2013.

[2] Response to Monitor questionnaire by Richard Bolden, Policy Analyst Mine Action, Arms Exports and ATT, Department for International Development (DfID), 7 May 2013.

[3] Ibid.

[6] See Landmine Monitor reports 2008–2011; and ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: United Kingdom: Support for Mine Action,” 8 December 2013.