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Support for Mine Action
In 2009 10 donors contributed US$11,007,262 to support mine clearance, risk education, victim assistance, and advocacy in Lao PDR. Norway and Canada contributed $95,575 for advocacy efforts on the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
The United States, Japan, and Australia contributed $1,368,399 to victim assistance programs.[1]
In March 2010 the government of Lao PDR, with UNDP support, established a UXO trust fund to support the implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Lao PDR.[2] In June 2010 at the International Conference on the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Santiago, Chile, three donors announced contributions to the trust fund; Australia provided $578,671, Ireland $500,000, and France €50,000 ($61,115).[3] Also at the Santiago conference, Australia stated that its A$100 million ($79,270,000) commitment to mine action from 2010–2014, announced at the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty in December 2009, includes funds to address the problem of cluster munitions. In June 2010, the United Kingdom said its funding contribution would remain at £10 million ($16,661,000) per year from 2010–2013.
Since 2006 international contributions to Lao PDR have averaged approximately $12 million per year.
The Lao PDR government has never reported financial contributions to its mine action program.
International government contributions: 2009[4]
|
Donor |
Sector |
Amount (national currency) |
Amount ($) |
|
Norway |
Clearance, cluster munition advocacy |
NOK16,250,000 |
2,583,100 |
|
US |
Clearance, victim assistance |
$2,392,715 |
2,392,715 |
|
Japan |
Clearance, victim assistance |
¥177,413,000 |
1,892,997 |
|
Germany |
Clearance |
€ 933,205 |
1,300,421 |
|
Ireland |
Clearance |
€ 620,000 |
863,970 |
|
Australia |
Victim assistance |
A$926,315 |
734,290 |
|
United Kingdom |
Clearance |
£372,098 |
582,743 |
|
Switzerland |
Risk education |
CHF520,000 |
478,821 |
|
Canada |
Cluster munition advocacy |
C$100,000 |
87,627 |
|
Austria |
Clearance |
€65,000 |
90,578 |
|
Total |
|
|
11,007,262 |
Summary of contributions: 2005–2009[5]
|
Year |
Amount ($) |
|
2009 |
11,007,262 |
|
2008 |
12,745,518 |
|
2007 |
12,241,635 |
|
2006 |
13,383,571 |
|
2005 |
7,231,485 |
|
Total |
56,609,471 |
[1] US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2010,” Washington, DC, July 2010; email from Derek Taylor, Acting Director, Iraq and Middle East Section, AusAID, 27 May 2010; and email from Miki Nagashima, Conventional Arms Division, Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2010.
[2] UN, “Working for Lao PDR,” Issue 1/2010, Vientiane, July 2010, www.unlao.org, p. 2.
[3] Katherine Harrison and Kerri West, “CMC Update from Santiago Conference,” 7 June 2010, www.stopclustermunitions.org. Average exchange rate for June 2010: €1=US$1.2223. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Monthly),” 1 July 2010.
[4] 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, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2010; Canada Article 7 Report (for the period 19 April 2009 to 20 April 2010), Form J; response to Monitor questionnaire by Vilde Rosén, Advisor, Humanitarian Disarmament Department for UN, Peace and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 April 2010; email from Derek Taylor, AusAID, 27 May 2010; email from Mark Fitzpatrick, Programme Manager, Department for International Development, 14 June 2010; email from Wolfgang Bányai, Department for Arms Control and Disarmament, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, 28 May 2010; response to Monitor questionnaire by Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs, 23 February 2010; and US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2010,” Washington, DC, July 2010. Average exchange rate for 2009: NOK1=US$0.15896; ¥1=US$0.01067; €1=US$1.3935; A$1=US$0.7927; £1=US$1.5661; 1CHF=US$0.92081; C$1=US$0.87627. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 4 January 2010.
[5] See Landmine Monitor Report 2009, p. 989; Landmine Monitor Report 2008, p. 902; and Landmine Monitor Report 2007, p. 889.
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