Myanmar_Burma

Support for Mine Action

Last updated: 03 November 2015

In 2014, six donors contributed US$5.7 million to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar for mine action, a 27% decrease from 2013.[1] Switzerland and the United States (US) provided the largest contributions with a combined total of $5.2 million for risk education and victim assistance (91% of all funding).

Of the total international contribution, the majority (94%) went to risk education or victim assistance activities through the ICRC and other NGOs.[2]

International contributions: 2014[3]

Donor

Sector

Amount

(national currency)

Amount

($)

Switzerland

Risk education and victim assistance

CHF2,633,000

2,878,539

US

Risk education and victim assistance

US$2,350,000

2,350,000

Norway

Clearance and advocacy

NOK1,294,000

205,498

Germany

Victim assistance

€105,059

139,696

Ireland

Clearance and risk education

€100,000

132,970

European Union

Risk education

€12,940

17,206

Total

 

 

5,723,910

Since 2010, international assistance to Myanmar has considerably fluctuated, ranging from a low of $36,393 in 2010 to a high of $8.5 million in 2012.

Summary of international contributions: 2010–2014[4]

Year

International contributions ($)

2014

5,723,910

2013

7,892,326

2012

8,503,756

2011

674,368

2010

36,393

Total

22,830,753

 



[1] 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; Ireland Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report, Form J, June 2015; and email from Owen Blackburn, Humanitarian Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Irish Aid, 5 June 2015; response to Monitor questionnaire by Ingrid Schoyen, Senior Adviser, Section for Humanitarian Affairs, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2015; Switzerland Convention on Cluster Munitions Article 7 Report, Form I, 29 April 2015; and US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety – 2015,” 2 November 2015.

[2] The Catholic Relief Services, DanChurchAid (DCA) and Mines Advisory Group (MAG) also reported using some of their own funds (totaling some $240,000) to support risk education projects in 2014. UNICEF also provided support to mine risk education and victim assistance projects but the exact amount of its contribution was not available. Responses by Catholic Relief Services, DCA and MAG to Landmine Monitor 2015 mine risk education Questionnaire.

[3] Average exchange rate for 2014: €1=US$1.3297; NOK6.2969=US$1; CHF0.9147=US$1. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 2 January 2015.

[4] See previous Monitor reports.