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Pakistan

Last Updated: 27 July 2010

Support for Mine Action

In 2009, three donors contributed US$1,848,483 for risk education activities. The European Commission (EC) provided €1,266,275 ($1,764,554) to the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action; UNICEF provided PKR3,636,900 ($44,734) to the national NGO Sustainable Peace and Development Organization, and Sweden provided SEK300,000 ($39,195) to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.[1]

International contributions: 2009

Donor

Amount

(National currency)

Amount

($)

Sector

EC

€1,266,275

1,764,554

Risk education

UNICEF

PKR3,636,900

44,734

Risk education

Sweden

SEK300,000

39,195

Risk education

Total

 

1,848,483

 

 

 



[1] Email from Farman Ali, Child Protection Officer, UNICEF, 1 May 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 email from Mari Cruz Cristóbal, Mine Action Desk, Security Policy Unit, Directorate-General for External Relations, EC, 16 June 2010. Average exchange rates for 2009: €1=US$1.3935; PKR1=US$0.01230; SEK1=US$0.13065. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 4 January 2010.