Tsunami aid: Who's giving what
Donations have been pouring in from governments and
individuals in the wake of the Asian tsunami disaster.
The UN says it has received between $3-4bn in pledges
and has called for $1bn to be released
immediately.
Here is a breakdown of what has been pledged so far:
Australia
Canberra has raised its aid offer to $764m over five
years, half of
it in bilateral loans. About 350 military staff, four
military
helicopters, a troop transport ship, a military health
support team
and a water purification plant are being sent to
Indonesia, as well
as a team of medical volunteers.
Donations from the Australian public total $58m. Prime
Minister John
Howard has been sceptical about debt relief.
Germany
Berlin raised its government aid to $674m. Germany is
also sending a
mobile hospital to Aceh and a military ship equipped
with two
helicopters, aid supplies, water treatment equipment
and an
operating theatre.
Another $130m has been raised privately.
Japan
$500m in government aid, half of which is to be
released
immediately. Tokyo has also sent 120 civilian
emergency workers to
affected countries, and offered to help set up a
tsunami early
warning system in the Indian Ocean.
European Union
$461m in reconstruction funds, which brings the total
sum donated by
EU countries to about $2bn.
USA
$350m in government donations, plus military
assistance involving
12,600 personnel, 21 ships, 14 cargo planes and more
than 90
helicopters.
Private donations are also pouring in, with $120m
donated to the US
branches of the Red Cross, Oxfam and Save the
Children, and to
Catholic Relief Services.
World Bank
$250m diverted from existing programmes to cover
emergency needs
while reconstruction needs are being assessed.
IMF
The International Monetary Fund has offered up to $1bn
in emergency
loans to affected countries.
Norway
$182m in government donations, plus $30m raised in
private
donations.
Asian Development Bank
$175m has been diverted from existing programmes in
Indonesia, Sri
Lanka and the Maldives. The bank says up to $150m more
could be made
available in new loans.
FROM THE WORLD'S POOREST
Russian town of Beslan - scene of a bloody school
siege last year -
pledged 1m roubles ($36,000) from the fund set up
after the mass
hostage-taking
Mozambique - one of the world's poorest nations - has
donated
$100,000
Nepal and East Timor have also pledged donations
Britain
$96m in government donations, plus $146m in private
donations which
the government has pledged to match.
Two military planes are helping to deliver aid to the
region. London
is also proposing that G8 countries should freeze debt
repayments
from affected nations.
Italy
$95m in government aid. A team of police forensic
experts has been
sent to Thailand to help to identify bodies. Public
donations
totalling $20m had been collected by New Year's Day.
Sweden
$80m in government donations, plus $60m in private
donations
including money raised during two telethons.
Denmark
$75m in government aid. Copenhagen has sent a field
hospital,
transport vehicles and a ship to assist the UN aid
effort.
Spain
$68m in government donations, and a medical team has
been sent to
Sri Lanka.
France
$66m in government donations, plus an estimated $49m
raised
privately. A medical team has been sent to Sri Lanka.
Canada
$66m in government aid, plus at least $29m in private
donations.
Ottawa has announced a unilateral moratorium on debt
payments. It is
also deploying its highly-specialised Disaster
Assistance Response
Team to Sri Lanka.
China
$63.1m in government donations, plus $1.8m raised by
the Chinese Red
Cross.
South Korea
$50m in government aid, to finance reconstruction over
the next
three years. Private donations have reached nearly
$13m, South
Korea's foreign ministry says.
Netherlands
$34m has been donated by the government and aid groups
say a further
$35m has been raised in private donations. A Dutch
police
identification team has been sent to Thailand.
Qatar
$25m in government aid. Qatar is also sending food,
medical and
logistical supplies to affected countries.
Countries in the region
India
The Indian military is staging its biggest relief
operation ever in
Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia. This involves
at least 16,000
troops, 32 navy ships, 41 aircraft including at least
16
helicopters, several medical teams and a mobile
hospital. The air
force has so far lifted 10,000 tons of relief
supplies.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh has sent 111 soldiers to Sri Lanka and the
Maldives, with
a further 46 expected to join them. Two planes and two
helicopters
will carry the troops together with aid supplies.
Pakistan
Pakistan plans to send 500 military staff in medical
and engineering
teams to Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
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