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Colombia

Last Updated: 13 October 2010

Support for Mine Action

In 2009, the Colombian government contributed COP35.48 billion (US$16,674,734) to mine action. For the first time the Ministry of Defense reported its contribution to clearance operations, and the Ministry of Social Protection reported its support for disability pensions through the Solidarity and Guarantee Fund.[1] Colombia is the first mine-affected country to report government disability and other payments made to survivors and their families.

International contributions in 2009 from 11 countries for clearance, victim assistance, and risk education totaled $10,502,603. The United States, Canada, Spain, and Italy dedicated approximately $2,600,000 to mine action in Colombia through the Organization of American States (OAS). Eight donors provided $6,054,527 for victim assistance.

National contributions: 2009[2]

Institution

Sector

Amount (COP)

Amount
($)

Ministry of Social Protection

Victim assistance

16,720,157,901

7,858,474

Ministry of Defense

Clearance

10,837,000,000

5,093,390

Presidential Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation

Victim assistance

4,984,000,000

2,342,480

Presidential Program for Mine Action

Clearance, victim assistance, risk education, advocacy

2,937,000,000

1,380,390

Total

 

35,478,157,901

16,674,734

International contributions: 2009[3]

Donor

Sector

 Amount (national currency)

Amount
($)

US

Clearance, victim assistance, risk education

$3,258,163

3,258,163

Spain

Clearance, victim assistance, risk education

             €1,588,315

2,213,317

Norway

Victim assistance

NOK10,052,000

1,597,866

Japan

Clearance, victim assistance

¥141,388,000

1,508,610

Canada

Clearance, victim assistance

C$646,819

566,788

Switzerland

Victim assistance

CHF551,000

507,366

Belgium

Risk education, survey

€208,659

290,766

Germany

Victim assistance

€200,000

278,700

United Kingdom

Clearance

£101,270

158,599

Italy

Victim assistance

€50,627

70,549

Netherlands

Clearance

€37,229

51,879

Total

 

 

10,502,603

Summary of contributions: 2005–2009[4]

Year

National contributions

($)

International contributions

($)

Total
contributions

($)

2009

16,674,734

10,502,603

27,177,337

2008

942,000

9,139,472

10,081,472

2007

1,332,500

8,785,053

10,117,553

2006

1,127,280

4,336,602

5,463,882

2005

213,000

2,332,300

2,545,300

Total

20,289,514

35,096,030

55,358,544

 



[1] Presidential Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation, “Subdirreción de Atención a Víctimas de la Violencia” (“Sub-directorate for Assistance to Victims of Violence”), www.accionsocial.gov.co; FOSYGA, www.fosyga.gov.co; and Landmine Monitor Report 2008, p. 271.

[2] Average exchange rate for 2009: COP1=US$0.00047. Oanda, www.oanda.com.

[3] Email from Klaus Koppetsch, Desk Officer, Mine Action Task Force for Humanitarian Aid, German Federal Foreign Office, 8 April 2010; response 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; email from Miki Nagashima, Conventional Arms Division, Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2010; Italy Convention on Conventional Weapons Amended Protocol II Article 13 Report, Form B, 25 September 2009; Spain Article 7 Report, Form J, 30 April 2010; response to Monitor questionnaire by Vilde Rosén, Advisor, Humanitarian Disarmament Department for UN, Peace and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 April 2010; and US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2010,” Washington, DC, July 2010. Average exchange rates for 2009: €1=US$1.3935; NOK=US$0.15896; ¥=US$0.01067; C$=US$0.87627; CHF1=US$0.92081; £1=US$1.5661. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 4 January 2010.