United States
Support for Mine Action
In 2015, the United States (US) contributed more than $119 million to 33 countries (21 States Parties, 11 states not party, and one signatory) and one area.[1]
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lao PDR received the largest contributions, with a combined total of $54.7 million, representing 46% of total US funding in 2015.
US support to mine action was distributed among the following regions: East and South Asia and the Pacific ($53.3 million, 45%), the Middle East and North Africa ($33 million, 28%), Sub-Saharan Africa ($13.9 million, 12%), Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia ($13.5 million, 11%), and the Americas ($5.5 million, 4%).
The US allocates the majority of its mine action funding through the State Department’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (WRA). Additional funding is allocated through the Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund within the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at USAID.
Contributions by recipient: 2015
|
Recipient |
Sector |
Amount ($) |
|
Afghanistan |
Clearance and risk education |
22,700,000 |
|
Iraq |
Clearance and risk education |
18,000,000 |
|
Lao PDR |
Clearance, risk education, and victim assistance |
14,000,000 |
|
Syria |
Victim assistance and risk education |
8,000,000 |
|
Cambodia |
Clearance, risk education, and victim assistance |
6,000,000 |
|
Colombia |
Clearance, risk education, and victim assistance |
5,500,000 |
|
Angola |
Clearance and risk education |
5,300,000 |
|
Vietnam |
Various |
4,500,000 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Various |
3,600,000 |
|
Sri Lanka |
Clearance and risk education |
2,500,000 |
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Clearance, risk education, and victim assistance |
2,500,000 |
|
Ukraine |
Various |
2,471,000 |
|
Myanmar |
Victim assistance and risk education |
2,000,000 |
|
South Sudan |
Various |
2,000,000 |
|
Yemen |
Various |
2,000,000 |
|
Lebanon |
Clearance |
2,000,000 |
|
Somalia |
Various |
1,800,000 |
|
Croatia |
Various |
1,768,840 |
|
Albania |
Various |
1,501,786 |
|
Serbia |
Clearance and risk education |
1,500,000 |
|
Tajikistan |
Various |
1,500,000 |
|
Libya |
Various |
1,500,000 |
|
Palestine |
Clearance and risk education |
1,000,000 |
|
Mozambique |
Clearance |
1,000,000 |
|
Zimbabwe |
Clearance |
1,000,000 |
|
Palau |
Clearance |
600,000 |
|
Solomon Islands |
Clearance |
600,000 |
|
Jordan |
Various |
500,000 |
|
Georgia |
Clearance |
500,000 |
|
Marshall Islands |
Clearance |
385,000 |
|
Azerbaijan |
Clearance |
305,000 |
|
Armenia |
Various |
300,000 |
|
Sudan |
Various |
300,000 |
|
Kosovo |
Various |
99,669 |
|
Total |
|
119,231,295 |
From 2011–2015, the US contribution for mine action totaled approximately $617 million, with an annual contribution averaging $123 million; this represents one-quarter more than the $497.5 million provided in the previous five-year period from 2006–2010.[2]
It is the seventh consecutive year that the US support has totaled more than $100 million.
Summary of contributions: 2011–2015[3]
|
Year |
Amount ($) |
% change from previous year |
|
2015 |
119,231,295 |
+1 |
|
2014 |
118,174,363 |
+4 |
|
2013 |
113,880,029 |
-15 |
|
2012 |
134,421,651 |
+2 |
|
2011 |
131,441,134 |
+1 |
|
Total |
617,148,472 |
|
In 2016, the US announced new funding to support mine action efforts in:
- Colombia: as part of the Global Demining Initiative, co-led with Norway, which aims at mobilizing funding to support demining efforts in Colombia. The US made a pledge of $36 million for 2017;[4]
- Iraq: in July, at the Pledging Conference in Support of Iraq in Washington, the US announced $45 million in new funding over 2016–2017 to support humanitarian clearance operations in Iraq;[5] and,
- Lao PDR: in September, the US announced it would provide $90 million over three years to support unexploded ordinance (UXO) survey and clearance operations as well as victim assistance projects.[6]
[1] Email from Katherine Baker, Foreign Affairs Officer, Weapons Removal and Abatement, US Department of State, 12 September 2016; ITF Enhancing Human Security, “Annual Report 2015,” April 2016, p. 22.; and UNMAS, “Annual Report 2015,” March 2016, p. 33.
[2] See, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, “Country Profile: United States: Support for Mine Action,” 29 July 2011.
[3] See previous Monitor reports.
[4] Statement of the US, Global Demining Initiative for Colombia Ministerial Meeting, New York City, 18 September 2016. Notes by the ICBL.
[5] Statement by John Kerry, US Secretary of State, Pledging Conference in Support of Iraq, Washington, DC, 20 July 2016.
[6] The White House, “Fact sheet: US-Laos relations,” 6 September 2016.