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National and international contributions to mine action in Sudan in 2009 totaled US$84,071,904, making Sudan the second largest mine action program in the world (after Afghanistan).
In 2009, 14 donors contributed $25,250,222 for survey, clearance, risk education, and victim assistance, a decrease of more than $12 million from 2008.[1]Contributions from Canada, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the European Commission (EC) totaling approximately $10.5 million were made through the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Clearance administered by the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and then disbursed in Sudan through the Common Humanitarian Fund, the main channel in Sudan for disbursing all humanitarian aid funding.
While Japan was the only donor who reported funding for victim assistance to Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor (¥9,128,000/$97,396),[2] UNMAS reported expenditures of $1,261,179 for victim assistance in Sudan in 2009.[3]
The UN General Assembly appropriates annual mine action budgets for the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) operating in Southern Sudan and the UN-African Union Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID). UNAMID funding of three clearance teams through a commercial company was the sole source of funding for mine action in Darfur. In 2009 UNAMID received $10,806,650. The assessed budget for UNMIS in Southern Sudan of $43,015,032 supported rapid response emergency surveys, explosive ordnance disposal, battle area clearance, landmine and explosive remnants of war clearance, risk education, and transport route verification and clearance.[4] The assessed budgets for the two peacekeeping operations comprised approximately 64% of the Sudan Mine Action Programme in 2009. In 2008 it comprised 54% of the total budget and 58% in 2007.
The Sudan Integrated Mine Action Service (SIMAS) and its partner the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD) convened a workshop on 30 June 2010 in Juba for government officials in Southern Sudan, the Southern Sudan Demining Authority, the UN Mine Action Office (UNMAO), and UNICEF in response to the low level of support for mine action in Sudan and the decline in international funding. It recommended the government develop a long-term strategy for mobilizing resources and initiatives be explored with the UN and NGOs on how to build such capacity in Southern Sudan.[5]
International government contributions: 2009[6]
|
Donor |
Sector |
Amount (national currency) |
Amount |
|
United States |
Clearance, risk education |
$4,599,964 |
4,599,964 |
|
Netherlands |
Clearance |
€3,115,326 |
4,341,207 |
|
Norway |
Clearance |
NOK20,700,000 |
3,290,472 |
|
EC |
Clearance, risk education |
€1,593,940 |
2,221,155 |
|
Qatar |
Clearance |
$2,000,000 |
2,000,000 |
|
Canada |
Clearance, risk education |
C$1,801,766 |
1,578,833 |
|
Denmark |
Clearance |
DKK7,090,000 |
1,323,419 |
|
Germany |
Clearance |
€900,000 |
1,254,150 |
|
UK |
Clearance |
£707,324 |
1,107,740 |
|
Sweden |
Clearance |
SEK7,900,000 |
1,032,135 |
|
Japan |
Clearance, risk education, victim assistance |
¥70,141,000 |
748,404 |
|
Italy |
Clearance |
€500,000 |
696,750 |
|
Spain |
Clearance |
€500,000 |
696,750 |
|
Switzerland |
Clearance |
CHF390,138 |
359,243 |
|
Total |
|
|
25,250,222 |
Summary of UN General Assembly Assessed Mine Action Budget for Peacekeeping Operations in Sudan: 2007–2009[7]
|
UN Peacekeeping Mine Action |
2007 ($) |
2008 ($) |
2009 ($) |
Total ($) |
|
UNMIS assessed budget |
39,122,908 |
40,328,600 |
43,015,032 |
122,466,540 |
|
UNAMID assessed budget |
11,263,328 |
11,761,000 |
10,806,650 |
33,830,978 |
|
Total |
50,386,236 |
52,089,600 |
53,821,682 |
156,297,518 |
Summary of contributions: 2005–2009[8]
|
Year |
National Contributions ($) |
International contributions ($) |
UNMIS/UNAMID assessed budgets ($) |
Total contributions ($) |
|
2009 |
5,000,000 |
25,250,222 |
53,821,682 |
84,071,904 |
|
2008 |
4,927,019 |
39,077,807 |
52,086,300 |
96,091,126 |
|
2007 |
6,792,139 |
29,201,406 |
50,386,236 |
86,379,781 |
|
2006 |
5,467,000 |
28,934,082 |
N/R |
34,401,082 |
|
2005 |
N/R |
46,914,250 |
N/R |
46,914,250 |
|
Total |
22,186,158 |
169,377,767 |
156,294,218 |
347,858,143 |
N/R = Not reported
[1] Emails from Klaus Koppetsch, Desk Officer, Mine Action Task Force for Humanitarian Aid, German Federal Foreign Office, 8 April 2010; Miki Nagashima, Conventional Arms Division, Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2010; Craig Nightingale, Finance Officer, Mines Advisory Group, 9 June 2010; Josine Uijterlinde, Humanitarian Aid Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2010; Julia Goehsing, Programme Officer, UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), 23 April 2010; responses to Monitor questionnaire by Ira Amin, Intern, Multilateral Peace Policy Section, Directorate of Political Affairs, Political Affairs Division IV, Human Security, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, 20 April 2010; Vilde Rosén, Advisor, Humanitarian Disarmament Department for UN, Peace and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 April 2010; Amb. Lars-Erik Wingren, Department for Disarmament and Non-proliferation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 17 March 2010; Italy Convention on Conventional Weapons Amended Protocol II Article 13 Report, Form B, 25 September 2009; UNMAS, “2009 Annual Report,” New York, September 2010, p.111; and Spain Article 7 Report, Form J, 30 April 2010.
[2] Average exchange rate for 2009: ¥1=US$0.01067. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 4 January 2010.
[3] UNMAS, “2009 Annual Report,” New York, September 2010, p.111; email from Miki Nagashima, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2010; and statement of Sudan, Second Review Conference, Cartagena, 3–4 December 2009.
[4] UNMAS, “2009 Annual Report,” New York, September 2010, pp. 111–112; and interview with Tim Horner, Deputy Director South Sudan, UNMAO, in Geneva, 23 June 2010.
[5] FSD, “Workshop: SIMAS and Stakeholders – Roles and Plans,” Juba, 30 June 2010, p. 9.
[6] Average exchange rates for 2009: €1=US$1.3935; NOK1=US$0.15896; C$=US$0.87627; DKK1=US$0.18666; £1=US$ 1.5661; SEK1=US$0.13065; ¥1=US$0.01067; CHF1=US$0.92081. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 4 January 2010.
[7] UNMAS, “2009 Annual Report,” New York, September 2010, p. 111; and email from Emeka Nawidike, Programme Officer, UNMAO, 4 August 2010.
[8] See Landmine Monitor Report 2009, pp. 700–701; Landmine Monitor Report 2008, pp. 655–656; Landmine Monitor Report 2007, pp. 643–645; UNMAS, “2009 Annual Report,” New York, September 2010, p.111; and email from Emeka Nawidike, UNMAO, 4 August 2010.
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