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Funding Support
Of the 21 donor states, 16 are States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions and one is a signatory (Australia)
while the rest have not joined the convention: Iran, South Korea, and the United States (US) as well as Taiwan.
Five donors—Australia, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom (UK), and the US—contributed more than $6 million
each in 2011.
Approximately one-third of all mine action donors in 2011 did not appear to target any funding to states contaminated
by cluster munitions. 7
Almost 90% of total recorded international funding related to cluster munitions in 2011 went toward clearance
activities, as detailed in the following table.
International cluster munition-related contributions by activity (2011)
Activity
Amount
in US $
% of total
Clearance 52,198,639 86
Advocacy 4,285,377 7
Victim assistance 2,984,015 5
Risk Education 707,955 1
Stockpile destruction 184,963 0.3
Total 60,360,949 100
Eight donors reported more than US$4.2 million for advocacy activities aimed at promoting the universalization and
implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, including support to the Cluster Munition Coalition and for the
convention’s Second Meeting of States Parties held in Beirut, Lebanon in September 2011. 8
Recipients
Funding support was provided to cluster munition-related activities in 13 states as well as globally in 2011, as detailed
in the following table.
Recipients of international cluster munition-related contributions (2011)
Recipient US$ equivalent Donors
Lao PDR 19,381,415 Austria, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg,
New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, UK, US
Libya 10,464,191 Australia, Denmark, EC, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, US
Lebanon 8,848,800 Austria, Australia, Germany, Italy, Iran, Norway, Spain, South Korea, US
Vietnam 6,983,057 Australia, EC, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Taiwan, UK, US
Global 4,181,799 Austria, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway,
Switzerland
Afghanistan 3,871,938 Austria, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, UK
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) 2,041,733 Germany, Italy
South Sudan 1,443,318 Germany, Luxembourg
Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC)
1,294,808 UK
Croatia 668,862 Germany
Sudan 557,240 Italy
Mauritania 208,965 Germany
Serbia 208,965 Germany, Ireland
Georgia 205,858 Austria, Sweden
Total 60,360,949
Note: Bold indicates States Parties or signatories to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
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Those that did not provide specific funding include significant donors Canada and Finland, as well as smaller donors Andorra, Czech
Republic, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Oman, Romania, Slovenia, and the United Arab Emirates.
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States Parties Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland and signatory Australia provided funds toward the costs of holding
the convention’s Second Meeting of States Parties.
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