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Support for Mine Action
In 2010, international contributions from 11 states and the European Commission (EC) towards mine action in Sri Lanka totaled US$26,313,012,[1] which represents an increase of 6% compared to 2009. Australia provided the largest contribution (A$9,871,640/$9,081,909), while the United States (US) ($4,717,000) and the EC (€2,480,000/$3,288,728) were the second and third largest contributors.
Of the total contribution, 97% went towards clearance activities, while the remainder was for victim assistance (2%) and risk education (1%) activities.
India has contributed to mine action in Sri Lanka since 2003. The NGO Sarvatra reported that in 2010 it carried out clearance activities in Sri Lanka with an unspecified amount of support from the government of India.[2]
Sri Lanka has never reported its financial contribution to its mine action program.
International contributions: 2010[3]
|
Donor |
Sector |
Amount |
Amount |
|
Australia |
Clearance; risk education |
A$9,871,640 |
9,081,909 |
|
US |
Clearance; victim assistance |
$4,717,000 |
4,717,000 |
|
EC |
Clearance |
€2,480,000 |
3,288,728 |
|
Norway |
Clearance |
NOK13,929,000 |
2,304,180 |
|
Japan |
Clearance |
¥154,900,733 |
1,764,647 |
|
Denmark |
Clearance |
DKK7,000,000 |
1,244,091 |
|
Canada |
Clearance |
C$1,000,000 |
971,062 |
|
Germany |
Clearance; victim assistance |
€691,947 |
917,591 |
|
Sweden |
Clearance |
SEK5,000,000 |
693,934 |
|
United Kingdom (UK) |
Clearance |
£433,109 |
669,240 |
|
Switzerland |
Clearance; victim assistance |
CHF620,000 |
594,325 |
|
Italy |
Risk education |
€50,000 |
66,305 |
|
Total |
|
|
26,313,012 |
International support for mine action for Sri Lanka averaged only $8.56 million per year from 2006 to 2008 but increased dramatically in 2009 as a direct result of the end of conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in May 2009.
Summary of contributions: 2006–2010[4]
|
Year |
Amount ($) |
|
2010 |
26,313,012 |
|
2009 |
24,806,090 |
|
2008 |
8,173,696 |
|
2007 |
7,586,350 |
|
2006 |
9,932,574 |
|
Total |
76,811,722 |
[1]Responses to Monitor questionnaire by Christine Pahlman, Mine Action Coordinator, AusAID, 11 July 2011; Hanne B. Elmelund Gam, Department for Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark, 29 March 2011; Lt.-Col. Klaus Koppetsch, Desk Officer Mine Action, German Federal Foreign Office, 18 April 2011; Manfredo Capozza, Humanitarian Demining Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy, 6 April 2011; Chisa Takiguchi, Official, Conventional Arms Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan, 27 April 2011; Ingunn Vatne, Senior Advisor, Department for Human Rights, Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27 April 2011; Claudia Moser, Section for Multilateral Peace Policy, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland, 31 May 2011; Jenny Ohlsson, Desk Officer, Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 5 September 2011; and Hannah Binci, Security and Justice Team, Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department, Department for International Development, UK, 10 August 2011. Information provided by Maria Cruz Cristobal, Mine Action Desk, Security Policy Unit, Directorate-General for External Relations, EC, through David Spence, Minister Counsellor, Delegation of the European Union to the UN in Geneva, 20 June 2011; email from Sandrine Petroni, EC, Beirut, 30 June 2011; Canada Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report, Form J, 30 April 2011; and US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2011,” Washington, DC, July 2011.
[2] Sarvatra, “ARJUN Demining,” www.sarvatrademiners.org.
[3] Average exchange rate for 2010: A$1=US$0.92; €1=US$1.3261; US$1=NOK6.0451; US$1=¥87.78; US$1=DKK5.6266; US$1=C$1.0298; £1=US$1.5452; and US$1=CHF1.0432. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 6 January 2011.
[4] See previous editions of Landmine Monitor; and ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Sri Lanka: Support for Mine Action,” www.the-monitor.org, 18 October 2010.
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