Iraq
Support for Mine Action
In 2014, nine donors contributed a total of US$32.8 million for capacity-building, clearance, victim assistance, and risk education activities to the Republic of Iraq.[1] The United States (US) contributed $20 million, or 60% of the total international assistance. Ireland discontinued funding mine action in Iraq in 2012.
Only Germany and Sweden supported victim assistance activities.
As in previous years, the government of Iraq, the Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency, the Regional Mine Action Center in Basra, and the General Directorate of Mine Action did not report making any financial contributions to Iraq’s mine action program in 2014.
International contributions: 2014[2]
|
Donor |
Sector |
Amount (national currency) |
Amount ($) |
|
US |
Clearance |
$20,000,000 |
20,000,000 |
|
Japan |
Clearance |
¥372,618,561 |
3,523,913 |
|
Netherlands |
Clearance and victim assistance |
€2,286,911 |
3,040,906 |
|
Sweden |
Various |
SEK13,300,000 |
1,939,454 |
|
Germany |
Victim assistance |
€1,158,479 |
1,540,430 |
|
Canada |
Capacity-building |
C$1,458,978 |
1,321,179 |
|
Norway |
Clearance |
NOK5,974,000 |
948,721 |
|
UK |
Clearance and risk education |
£235,000 |
387,374 |
|
European Union |
Risk education |
€191,535 |
135,011 |
|
Total |
|
|
32,836,987 |
Since 2010, international assistance toward mine action activities in Iraq has been relatively consistent with more than $170 million received, which represents an average of $34 million per year.
Summary of contributions: 2010–2014[3]
|
Year |
International contributions ($) |
% change from previous year |
|
2014 |
32,836,987 |
-1 |
|
2013 |
33,217,587 |
-2 |
|
2012 |
33,994,996 |
-1 |
|
2011 |
34,384,778 |
-7 |
|
2010 |
37,152,204 |
7 |
|
Total |
171,586,552 |
|
Note: N/A=not applicable
[1] Canada Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report, Form J, 30 April 2015; email from Jérôme Legrand, Policy Officer, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Conventional Weapons and Space Division (K1), European External Action Service (EEAS), 11 June 2015; Germany Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report, Form J, 16 March 2015; Japan Convention on Cluster Munitions Article 7 Report, Form I, 30 April 2014; responses to Monitor questionnaire by Simone van der Post, Policy Officer, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2015; and by Ingrid Schoyen, Senior Adviser, Section for Humanitarian Affairs, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2015; Sweden Convention on Cluster Munitions Article 7 Report, Form I, 28 April 2015; response to Monitor questionnaire by Laura Callaghan-Pace, Policy Analyst, Department for International Development, United Kingdom, 1 May 2015; and US Department of State, Congressional Budget Justification: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs FY 2016, Appendix 2–3, 2 February 2015, pp. 669–674.
[2] Average exchange rate for 2014: C$1.1043=US$1; €1=US$1.3297; SEK6.8576=US$1; NOK6.2969=US$1; £1=US$1.6484; ¥105.74=US$1. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 2 January 2015.
[3] See previous Monitor reports.