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Nations pledge aid after tsunami disaster

Government and multilateral agencies have pledged around US$6.9 billion in aid for nations hit by the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, while global private donations amount to at least $4.5 billion.

Countries are listed according to the size of their governmental pledges in cash and services, some of which are spread over several years. Some of these figures have not been updated since January.

Private donations are shown where available:

Country/agency Government Private donations

(US$ million) (US$ million)

United States 857 1,480 Australia* 739 243 Asian Development Bank* 685.6 Germany 643 161 European Commission 609 Japan 540 124 Canada 341 212 World Bank 250 Britain 465 663 Netherlands 309 257 Norway 175.7 95.7 Italy 204 103 Kuwait 100 Spain 90.2 China 83 1.2 Denmark 73.6 38.2 Sweden 87 131 Spain 68 Finland 65.3 38 France** 65.2 322 Belgium 50.6 51.9 Taiwan 50 100 South Korea 50 47.7 Austria 50 41.4 New Zealand 47 7 Saudi Arabia 30 101 Ireland 24 98 Qatar 25 Switzerland 23.8 110 Singapore 43.1 UAE 20 Portugal 10.6 5 Czech Republic 9.3 8 Luxembourg 6.8 Algeria 2 Bahrain 2 Libya 2 Venezuela 2 Greece 1.3 22.5 Turkey 1.3 Hungary 1.2 Poland 1 1.3 Others*** 1.5 3.2 ======= ======= TOTAL: 6,905.1 4,466.1

* Figure includes grants and estimated cost to the donor of concessional loans. ** Figure does not include 300 million euros in credit that France has offered to countries that request it. *** Others include countries pledging less than $1 million including Cyprus, Niger, Slovakia, Senegal, Mali, Bulgaria, the African Union and South Africa.

Source: Reuters