Myanmar_Burma
Support for Mine Action
In 2022, eight donors contributed US$5.1 million to Myanmar for mine action activities. This represents a 16% decrease from the total contribution of $6.1 million provided in 2021.[1]
International contributions went toward clearance, non-technical survey, risk education, victim assistance, and capacity-building activities, via international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
International contributions: 2022[2]
|
Donor |
Sector |
Amount (national currency) |
Amount (US$) |
|
Japan |
Victim assistance |
Yen 299,584,000 |
2,278,918 |
|
European Union |
Survey, EOD |
€750,000 |
790,050 |
|
United Kingdom |
Risk education |
£606,666 |
750,507 |
|
France |
Capacity-building, risk education, victim assistance |
€500,000 |
526,700 |
|
Switzerland |
Advocacy, risk education, victim assistance |
CHF 300,000 |
314,136 |
|
Germany |
Victim assistance |
€225,000 |
237,015 |
|
Norway |
Various |
NOK 1,676,537 |
174,389 |
|
Sweden |
Clearance, survey |
SEK 640,000 |
63,255 |
|
Total |
- |
N/A |
5,134,970 |
Note: EOD=explosive ordnance disposal; N/A=not applicable.
Five-year support for mine action
Since 2018, international mine action assistance to Myanmar has totaled more than $24.5 million, representing an average of $4.9 million per year.
Summary of international contributions: 2018–2022[3]
|
Year |
International contributions (US$) |
|
2022 |
5,134,970 |
|
2021 |
6,100,000 |
|
2020 |
4,118,868 |
|
2019 |
6,275,838 |
|
2018 |
2,872,606 |
|
Total |
24,502,281 |
[1] Responses to Monitor questionnaire by Michal Adamowicz, Policy Officer, Conventional Arms Export Control, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Export Control, European External Action Service (EEAS), 28 September 2023; by Yves Marek, Ambassador for Mine Clearance, France Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, 21 September 2023; by Catarina Fabiansson, Senior Programme Manager, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), 29 August 2023; and by Akifumi Fukuoka, Deputy Director, Conventional Arms Division, Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 7 September 2023; Germany Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report (for calendar year 2022), Form J; Norway Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report (for calendar year 2022), pp. 3–4; United Kingdom (UK) Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report (for calendar year 2022), Form J; and Switzerland Convention on Cluster Munitions Article 7 Report (for calendar year 2022), Form I. See, Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Database; and Convention on Cluster Munitions Article 7 Database.
[2] Average exchange rates for 2022: €1=US$1.0534; NOK9.6138=US$1; £1=US$1.2371; SEK10.1177=US$1; Yen 131.4589=US$1; and CHF0.9550=US$1. United States (US) Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 9 January 2023.
[3] See previous Support for Mine Action country profiles. ICBL-CMC, “Country Profiles: Myanmar,” undated; and ICBL, Landmine Monitor 2022 (ICBL-CMC: Geneva, November 2022).