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  • Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake > Donors > Government: Donations made by governments around the world in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the consequent tsunami.
  • Tsunami > International aid packages: 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.

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Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake > Donors > Government <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_dollar">AUD</a> 1.377bn (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%23Asia_and_Oceania">see below</a>) (USD 1.099bn) USD 150,000<ref name = "TerraDaily-Asia"/>
Tsunami > International aid packages The <a href=/cat/Government>government</a> has raised its offer of aid to $815 million over a five-year period. Half of this sum is in bilateral loans. <a href=/encyclopedia/Prime-Minister-of-the-United-Kingdom>Prime Minister</a>, John Howard has been sceptical about supporting the debt relief initiative being pushed by other wealthy countries. <a href=/encyclopedia/September_11,_2001_Terrorist_Attack/Donations>Donations</a> from the <a href=/country/as>Australian</a> public total $88m. About 350 <a href=/cat/Military>military</a> staff, four <a href=/cat/Military>military</a> helicopters, a troop transport ship, a <a href=/cat/Military>military</a> <a href=/cat/Health>health</a> support team and a water purification plant are being sent to <a href=/country/id>Indonesia</a>, as well as a team of volunteer medical professionals. <a href=/country/kn>North Korea</a> has pledged $150,000 to aid the effort in <a href=/country/id>Indonesia</a>.

SOURCES: BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age

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