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List of donors to Asia tsunami relief effort PARIS (AFP) Jan 11, 2005 Public and private aid pledged to countries hit by the Asian tsunami catastrophe has risen to more than 9 billion dollars, according to a survey carried out by AFP. Following is a non-exhaustive list of the aid offered by governments, international bodies and leading charities around the world. Countries are ranked by region and in descending order of the size of their pledges in dollar terms, followed by private contributions. Currencies are listed in euros, with dollar conversions, for eurozone countries, and dollars for the rest.
France: 179.8 million euros (236 million dollars) + 95 million euros Norway: 158 million dollars + 63 million dollars Britain: 140.7 million dollars + 187.6 million dollars Italy: 70 million euros (91 million dollars) + 30 million euros Denmark: 74.2 million dollars + 19.7 million dollars Sweden: 72.4 million dollars + 57.9 million dollars Spain: 50 million euros (66 million dollars) + 14 million euros Finland: 50 million euros (66 million dollars) + 15 million euros Belgium: 30 million euros (39 million dollars) Netherlands: 29 million euros (39 million dollars) + 112 million euros Switzerland: 22.85 million dollars + 98.1 million dollars Austria: 8.16 million euros (10.7 million dollars) + 10.2 million euros Portugal: 8 million euros (10.4 million dollars) + 5.2 million euros Czech Republic: 9.6 million dollars) + 6.5 million euros Luxembourg: 5.25 million euros (6.9 million dollars) Russia: 2 million dollars Poland: 1.6 million dollars Ireland: 1 million euros (1.3 million dollars) + 10 million euros Cyprus: 1.3 million dollars Turkey: 1.25 million dollars Hungary: 1.2 million dollars Greece: 885,000 euros (1.15 million dollars) + 20 million euros Croatia: 681,000 dollars + 236,000 dollars Estonia: 390,000 dollars Slovakia: 360,000 dollars Lithuania: 295,000 dollars Romania: 240,000 dollars) Latvia: 185,000 dollars Monaco: 133,000 dollars Slovenia: 110,000 dollars Bosnia: 67,000 dollars
Australia: 760 million dollars + 118.3 million dollars Japan: 500 million dollars China: 83 million dollars + 15.1 million dollars India: 23 million dollars North Korea: 150,000 dollars Cambodia: 40,000 dollars
United States: 350 million dollars + 350 million dollars Canada: 348.5 million dollars + 123 million dollars
Saudi Arabia: 30 million dollars + 82 million dollars Qatar: 25 million dollars United Arab Emirates: 20 million dollars Kuwait: 100 million dollars Iran: 627,000 dollars
Zimbabwe: 3.2 million dollars Equatorial Guinea: 200,000 dollars Senegal: 200,000 dollars Madagascar: 100,000 dollars
International Monetary Fund: 1 billion dollars World Bank: 1 billion dollars Asian Development Bank: 500 million dollars Islamic Development Bank: 118 million dollars All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.
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