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Support for Mine Action
The mine action program in Egypt has been stalled since 2009 when phase I was completed. The start of phase II covering 2011–2015 was supposed to expand mine clearance operations, facilitate development in the region, strengthen the Executive Secretariat, and mobilize more resources, but was again delayed in 2011 due to lack of funding and political events in Egypt.[1]
Nonetheless, Australia, Germany, and Slovenia all reported contributions to Egypt’s mine action program in 2011.[2] Slovenia’s contribution through the International Trust Fund Enhancing Human Security (ITF) went towards training five Egyptian physical and rehabilitation specialists at the University Rehabilitation Institute in Ljubljana in June 2011.[3]
Egypt has only reported a national contribution once, in 2009.
International contributions: 2011[4]
|
Donor |
Sector |
Amount (national currency) |
Amount (US$) |
|
Germany |
Clearance |
€500,000 |
696,550 |
|
Australia |
Clearance |
A$500,000 |
516,600 |
|
Slovenia |
Victim assistance |
€168,387 |
34,782 |
|
Total |
1,247,932 |
Summary of contributions in 2007–2011[5]
|
Year |
National contributions (US$) |
International contributions (US$) |
Total contributions (US$) |
|
2011 |
N/R |
1,247,932 |
1,247,932 |
|
2010 |
N/R |
722,886 |
722,886 |
|
2009 |
483,647 |
N/R |
483,647 |
|
2008 |
N/R |
918,244 |
918,244 |
|
2007 |
N/R |
1,235,565 |
1,235,565 |
|
Totals |
483,647 |
4,124,627 |
4,608,274 |
N/R = Not reported
[1] Interview with Amb. Fathy El Shazly, Executive Secretariat, in Geneva, 21 March 2012.
[2] Response to Monitor questionnaire by Lt.-Col. Klaus Koppetsch, Desk Officer Mine Action, German Federal Foreign Office, 20 April 2012; response to Monitor questionnaire by Christine Pahlman, Mine Action Coordinator, AusAID, 24 April 2012; and ITF, “Donors 2011.”
[3] ITF, “Annual Report 2011,” p. 105.
[4] EU Average exchange rate for 2011: €1.3931 = US$1. Australia Average exchange rate for 2011: A$1=1.0332 = US$1.US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2012.
[5] See previous editions of Landmine Monitor; and ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Egypt: Support for Mine Action,” 24 August 2011.
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