Burundi
Support for Mine Action
At the Eleventh Meeting of States Parties in 2011, the Republic of Burundi declared that it had completed its Article 5 obligations. However, it subsequently reported at the 2013 intersessional Standing Committee meetings that it still had suspected mined areas to release and that surveying was ongoing.[1]
In 2013 and 2014, Switzerland contributed respectively CHF160,000 (US$172,618) and CHF64,220 ($70,209) to Mines Advisory Group (MAG) for mine clearance in Burundi.[2] MAG conducted non-technical and technical surveys around some electrical pylons from October 2013 to March 2014. At the 2014 Mine Ban Treaty Intersessional meetings, Burundi declared it had completed its Article 5 clearance obligations.[3]
Burundi did not report any contributions to its mine action program in 2014.
Summary of international contributions: 2010–2014[4]
|
Year |
Amount ($) |
|
2014 |
70,209 |
|
2013 |
172,618 |
|
2012 |
74,651 |
|
2011 |
193,676 |
|
2010 |
182,120 |
|
Total |
693,274 |
[1] Statement of Burundi, Mine Ban Treaty Standing Committee on Mine Clearance, Geneva, 27 May 2013.
[2] Response to Monitor questionnaire by Claudia Moser, Programme Officer, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland, 15 April 2014; and Convention on Cluster Munitions Article 7 Report, Form I, 29 April 2015. Average exchange rates for 2013: CHF0.9269=US$1, and 2014: CHF0.9147=US$1. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 2 January 2015.
[3] Statement of Burundi, Mine Ban Treaty Intersessional Meetings, Geneva, April 2014.
[4] See previous Monitor reports.