|
Central Emergency Response Fund > Contributors > Pledged
|
$1.00
|
|
[1st of 28]
|
|
Funds commited to Tsunami aid
|
$8.00 |
|
[8th of 22]
|
|
Funds committed to emergency Tsunami aid
|
$3.00 |
|
[3rd of 22]
|
Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
Has dispatched 500,000 ration packs worth EUR 3 million, to the region. Has also offered medical experts, Urban Search and Rescue equipment, Marine engineers and high-volume pumps, skilled personnel including engineers who could support recovery efforts for installations and systems, technicians, staff trained in disaster management and emergency response activities. It has also pledged to release an extra 2.2 million barrels of oil. |
Tsunami > Economic impact
Lloyds of London told the Financial Times it expected its exposure to be limited to "holiday resorts, personal accident, travel insurance and marine risks". |
|
Tsunami > Foreign tourists missing
|
7 |
|
[7th of 37]
|
|
Tsunami > Foreigners death toll
|
3 |
|
[3rd of 34]
|
|
Tsunami > Funds pledged
|
$11.00 |
|
[11th of 37]
|
|
Tsunami > Funds pledged by NGOs and public
|
$3.00 |
|
[3rd of 24]
|
Tsunami > International aid packages
$96m in government donations, plus $189m in private donations which the government has pledged to match. Two RAF planes, a C-17 and a Tristar, are helping to deliver aid to the region. Tony Blair has also offered to send 120 Ghurkas to Indonesia but this was rejected by Jakarta. Chancellor Gordon Brown is pushing a proposal for the debts of the affected nations to be frozen. |
|
Tsunami > Total aid package
|
$7.00 |
|
[7th of 37]
|
... View all Disasters stats
SOURCES:
; Total amount of funds commited to Tsunami aid. Fund commitments refer to the amount of money governments have officially set aside for Tsunami relief. Funds pledged (click here to view the statistic) refers to the amount countries have publicly announced they would contribute. Hence, pledges can often fall far short of the final commitment.; Amount of funds (in US Dollars) committed to emergency aid. Emergency aid commitments refers to the amount of money governments have officially contributed and have quickly dispersed for emergency Tsunami relief. This amount is taken out of the total aid commitment (click here to view the total Tsunami aid commitment statistic).; International response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.; The tsunami that has devastated parts of Asia and killed more than 28,400 has affected companies, economies and markets across the globe. Here is a snapshot of some of the financial effects of the disaster (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT).; Number of foreign tourists visiting the tsunami hit areas who are not reachable, (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT).; The number of foreigners feared dead is in the range of thousands. Only 112 foreigners have been confirmed dead and the countrywise breakup of the persons identified is given below (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT).; Funds pledged by the governments of developed countries for tsunami relief (as of September 30th 2005). The World Bank has pledged $250 million and the European Union $44 million. There have been significant amounts coming in from the UN and other aid agencies like IMF, UNDP, UNESCO, Red Cross, etc. which are not mentioned here. Private donations and collections from media campaigns are also high in many European countries, but have not been included here.; Funds pledged by the NGOs and public of developed countries for tsunami relief (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT). This list does not include corporate donations.; Countries around the globe have stepped forward with pledges of cash and assistance to the victims of the southern Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster. The following is a list of contributions pledged by countries, (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT) compiled from reports by Reuters bureaux and United Nations agencies. There are packages coming from international Aid agencies like the IMF, The Red Cross, UNEP, UNICEF and WHO.; This is a chart of the total aid coming in from the following countries. It includes the funds pledged by the respective governments and the amounts collected by NGOs and the public (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT). Aid" is an ambiguous term that may cover a wide variety of methods, such as 'soft' loans or 'tied aid', where the money has to be spent buying goods ands services from the donating country. The numbers below also represent only the pledged contributions. Arguably, only funds that are actually transferred should be counted. For example, after the Bam earthquake in December 2003, the Iranian government received only USD 17.5 million of the USD one billion that was promised.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, britain, great britain, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela, united king., The United Kingdom
Related links:
|
del.icio.us
Feeds |
Contact