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Central Emergency Response Fund > Contributors > Pledged $11,903,360.00 [4th of 28]
Funds commited to Tsunami aid $156,000,000.00 [7th of 22]
Funds committed to emergency Tsunami aid $43,000,000.00 [8th of 22]
Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
Royal Netherlands Navy Frigate Hr.Ms. Van Amstel has arrived from the Netherlands Antilles. The frigate is filled with supplies and has helicopters on board that can be used in rescue actions. Further, The Netherlands have sent experts on the subject of water containment and dikes, identification teams and pumps to deliver clean drinking water, F-16s and divers from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps.
Tsunami > Foreign tourists missing 30 [23rd of 37]
Tsunami > Foreigners death toll 6 [19th of 34]
Tsunami > Funds pledged $312,000,000.00 [7th of 37]
Tsunami > Funds pledged by NGOs and public $146,000,000.00 [4th of 24]
Tsunami > International aid packages
Donated $34m 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.
Tsunami > Total aid package $446,500,000.00 [6th of 37]
Tsunami aid commitments as a percent of pledges 50% [13th of 16]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: Central Emergency Response Fund ; OECD, October, 2005.; OECD, October 2005; Wikipedia, CNN; BBC, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, Reuters, US State Department, CBC News, http://www.stuff.co.nz/ and CNN; BBC, CNN, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs and French deputy foreign minister Renaud Muselier; OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters; Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters; BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age; OECD, October, 2005.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands

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