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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.


EUROPE:


Germany: 500 million euros (665 million dollars) + 350 million euros

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


The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, has announced a total 473 million euros (627 billion dollars) in aid, but some of the amounts promised by EU governments is included in the Commission's package.



ASIA-PACIFIC:

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


AMERICAS:

United States: 350 million dollars + 350 million dollars

Canada: 348.5 million dollars + 123 million dollars


MIDDLE EAST:

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


AFRICA:

Zimbabwe: 3.2 million dollars

Equatorial Guinea: 200,000 dollars

Senegal: 200,000 dollars

Madagascar: 100,000 dollars


INTERNATIONAL BODIES

International Monetary Fund: 1 billion dollars

World Bank: 1 billion dollars

Asian Development Bank: 500 million dollars

Islamic Development Bank: 118 million dollars

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