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Support for Mine Action
In 2009, 12 donors contributed US$33,275,769 for mine clearance, risk education, and victim assistance.[1] This represents an increase of more than $5 million from 2008 and the highest annual contribution received in the past five years.
Japan, the United States, Australia, Finland, Norway, and Luxembourg contributed $2,565,116 for victim assistance.[2]Japan’s contribution included $5,841,160 for demining equipment for the Cambodian Mine Action Center.[3]
Cambodia reported a contribution of $3,500,000 to its mine action program in 2009, representing an increase of $1 million from 2008.[4]
Since 2006, international donors have contributed approximately $30 million each year. In June 2010 Cambodia reported that in order to meet its Article 5 obligations it would need to maintain the same level of funding from international donors until 2020, totaling $300 million for 10 years.[5]
International government contributions: 2009[6]
|
Donor |
Sector |
Amount (national currency) |
Amount ($) |
|
Japan |
Clearance, victim assistance |
¥1,174,958,071 |
12,536,803 |
|
US |
Clearance, victim assistance, risk education |
$5,520,948 |
5,520,948 |
|
Australia |
Clearance, victim assistance |
A$6,198,227 |
4,913,335 |
|
United Kingdom |
Clearance |
£1,580,735 |
2,475,589 |
|
Canada |
Clearance |
C$1,802,042 |
1,579,075 |
|
Finland |
Clearance, victim assistance |
€1,065,000 |
1,484,078 |
|
Germany |
Clearance |
€1,027,000 |
1,431,125 |
|
Spain |
Clearance |
€750,000 |
1,045,125 |
|
Belgium |
Clearance |
€550,360 |
766,927 |
|
Ireland |
Clearance |
€500,000 |
696,750 |
|
Norway |
Victim assistance |
NOK4,276,000 |
679,713 |
|
Luxembourg |
Victim assistance |
€104,988 |
146,301 |
|
Total |
|
|
33,275,769 |
Summary of contributions: 2005–2009[7]
|
Year |
National contribution ($) |
International contribution ($) |
Total contributions ($) |
|
2009 |
3,500,000 |
33,275,769 |
36,775,769 |
|
2008 |
2,500,000 |
28,072,304 |
30,572,304 |
|
2007 |
1,550,000 |
30,797,541 |
32,347,541 |
|
2006 |
1,550,000 |
29,583,032 |
31,133,032 |
|
2005 |
1,730,377 |
23,869,623 |
25,600,000 |
|
Total |
10,830,377 |
145,598,269 |
156,428,646 |
[1] Emails from Miki Nagashima, Conventional Arms Division, Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2010; Derek Taylor, Acting Director, Iraq and Middle East Section, AusAID, 27 May 2010; Sirpa Loikkanen, Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2010; Gerhard Zank, South East Asia Desk Officer, HALO Trust, 15 July 2010; Craig Nightingale, Finance Officer, Mines Advisory Group, 9 June 2010; and Klaus Koppetsch, Desk Officer, Mine Action Task Force for Humanitarian Aid, German Federal Foreign Office, 8 April 2010. Responses to Monitor questionnaire by Vilde Rosén, Advisor, Humanitarian Disarmament Department for UN, Peace and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 April 2010; Daniel Gengler, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2010; and Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs, 23 February 2010. US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2010,” Washington, DC, July 2010; Canada Article 7 Report (for the period 19 April 2009 to 20 April 2010), Form J; and Belgium Article 7 Report, Form J, 30 April 2010.
[2] Email from Miki Nagashima, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2010; email from Derek Taylor, AusAID, 27 May 2010; US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2010,” Washington, DC, July 2010; and response to Monitor questionnaire by Vilde Rosén, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 April 2010.
[3] Email from Miki Nagashima, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2010.
[4] Interview with Prum Sophakmonkol, Deputy Secretary General, Office of the Council of Ministers/Cambodian Mine Action Authority, in Geneva, 24 June 2010.
[5] Statement of Cambodia, Standing Committee on Mine Clearance, Mine Risk Education and Mine Action Technologies, Geneva, 22 June 2010.
[6] Average exchange rates for 2009: ¥1=US$0.01067; A$1=US$0.7927; £1=US$1.5661; C$1=US$0.87627; €1=US$1.3935; NOK1=US$0.15896. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 4 January 2010.
[7] Interview with Prum Sophakmonkol, Office of the Council of Ministers/Cambodian Mine Action Authority, in Geneva, 24 June 2010; Landmine Monitor Report 2009, p. 270; Landmine Monitor Report 2008, p. 255; Landmine Monitor Report 2007, p. 238; Landmine Monitor Report 2006, pp. 262–263; and Cambodia Convention on Conventional Weapons Amended Protocol II Article 13 Report, Form E, December 2007.
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