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Support for Mine Action
Since 2005, the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has contributed approximately 30% of its mine action budget. In 2010 it contributed BAM26,514,824 (US$17,957,890)[1] compared to BAM21,718,346 ($15,441,412) in 2009.[2] In its Article 5 deadline Extension Request in 2008 BiH committed to $20.6 million per year in 2009 and 2010 and committed to raising another approximately $33 million from other local sources.[3]
National funding in BiH came from 12 different sources including the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), two municipalities (compared to five in 2009), the Bosnian Serb Republic (Republika Srpska, RS), Brčko district, the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Transportation and Communication, state utility companies, and the railway.
The FBiH budget allocates funds to the BiH Mine Action Center (BHMAC) and the army, while cantons contribute to Civil Protection Agency demining operations. In Brčko district and the RS funding also goes through the local Civil Protection Agency.
National contributions: 2010[4]
|
National Donor |
Amount (BAM) |
Amount ($) |
|
Ministry of Defense |
8,101,408 |
5,486,900 |
|
Federation of BIH |
7,200,000 |
4,876,397 |
|
BHMAC |
7,043,210 |
4,770,207 |
|
RS |
2,046,189 |
1,385,837 |
|
Brčko district |
1,066,527 |
722,335 |
|
Public Enterprise Elektroprivreda BiH (electric utility of BiH) |
490,785 |
332,398 |
|
BH Gas |
431,400 |
292,177 |
|
BH Telecom |
59,301 |
40,163 |
|
Ministry of Transport and Communication of BiH |
30,633 |
20,747 |
|
Municipality Gracanica |
24,087 |
16,314 |
|
AD GIK Hidrogradnja |
16,507 |
11,180 |
|
Municipality Sipovo |
4,777 |
3,235 |
|
Total |
26,514,824 |
17,957,890 |
In 2010, international contributions towards mine action in BiH totaled $11,845,607.[5] The largest contribution was provided by the United States (US) ($3,800,000), with three additional countries (Norway, Germany, and Switzerland) providing over $1 million each.
Of the total contribution, $632,989 (5%) went towards victim assistance activities, while the remainder was for clearance activities.
International contributions: 2010[6]
|
Donor |
Sector |
Amount |
Amount |
|
US |
Clearance |
$3,800,000 |
3,800,000 |
|
Norway |
Clearance |
NOK20,868,000 |
3,452,052 |
|
Germany |
Clearance; victim assistance |
€1,785,000 |
2,367,089 |
|
Switzerland |
Clearance; victim assistance |
CHF1,060,000.00 |
1,016,104 |
|
Austria |
Clearance |
€420,000 |
556,962 |
|
Italy |
Clearance; victim assistance |
€285,000 |
377,939 |
|
Netherlands |
Clearance |
€150,000 |
198,915 |
|
European Commission |
Clearance |
€35,100 |
46,546 |
|
Korea, South |
Clearance |
$30,000 |
30,000 |
|
Total |
|
|
11,845,607 |
From 2006 to 2010 BiH’s national contributions to mine action averaged $14,986,407 per year, and international contributions averaged $17,492,078 per year.
Summary of contributions: 2006–2010[7]
|
Year |
National contribution (BAM) |
National contribution |
International contribution |
Total contribution |
|
2010 |
26,514,824 |
17,957,890 |
11,845,607 |
29,803,497 |
|
2009 |
21,718,346 |
15,441,412 |
18,513,072 |
33,954,484 |
|
2008 |
20,100,000 |
15,043,784 |
24,550,453 |
39,594,237 |
|
2007 |
19,400,000 |
13,584,483 |
17,089,560 |
30,674,043 |
|
2006 |
20,100,000 |
12,904,468 |
15,461,697 |
28,366,165 |
|
Total |
107,833,170 |
74,932,037 |
87,460,389 |
162,392,426 |
[1] Average exchange rate for 2010: US$1=BAM1.4765. Oanda, www.oanda.com.
[2] Email from Svjetlana Trifković, Public Relations Officer, BHMAC, 15 March 2011; and BHMAC, “Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Annual Report 2009,” 25 March 2010, p. 26.
[3] Article 5 deadline Extension Request, 27 June 2008, p. 32.
[4] Email from Svjetlana Trifković, BHMAC, 15 March 2011.
[5] Austria Convention on Cluster Munitions Article 7 Report, Form I, 26 January 2011; response to Monitor questionnaire by Wolfgang Bányai, Unit for Arms Control and Disarmament, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria, 29 March 2011; information provided by Maria Cruz Cristobal, Mine Action Desk, Security Policy Unit, Directorate-General for External Relations, European Commission (EC), through David Spence, Minister Counsellor, Delegation of the European Union to the UN in Geneva, 20 June 2011; email from Maria Cruz Cristobal, EC, 1 August 2011; response to Monitor questionnaire by Lt.-Col. Klaus Koppetsch, Desk Officer Mine Action, German Federal Foreign Office, 18 April 2011; response to Monitor questionnaire by Manfredo Capozza, Humanitarian Demining Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy, 6 April 2011; International Trust Fund for Mine Victims Assistance (ITF), "Donors: Donations Overview: All, 2010," www.itf-fund.si; ITF "Annual Report 2010," www.itf-fund.si; response to Monitor questionnaire by Ingunn Vatne, Senior Advisor, Department for Human Rights, Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27 April 2011; response to Monitor questionnaire by Claudia Moser, Section for Multilateral Peace Policy, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland, 31 May 2011; and US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2011,” Washington, DC, July 2011.
[6] Average exchange rates for 2010: US$1=NOK6.0451, €1=US$1.3261; and US$1=CHF1.0432. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 6 January 2011.
[7] ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Support for Mine Action,” www.the-monitor.org, 1 October 2010. Average exchange rates: 2010, US$1=BAM1.4765; 2009, US$1=BAM1.4065; 2008, US$1=BAM1.3361; 2007, US$1=BAM1.4281; and 2006, US$1=BAM1.5576. Oanda, www.oanda.com.
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