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To: Gabz
Japan is up to $30 million, with also 2,400 tons of rice (and another $9 million in cash to their own humanitarian relief organization JPF.)

I did a quick Google, and found this somewhat outdated summary:

Governments from France to Australia and Russia to the United States pledged aid and assistance, despatched aircraft, doctors and disaster relief specialists to the worst-hit areas.

In Geneva, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies appealed for $6.6million (BD2.5m) to help an estimated 500,000 survivors.

Australia sent four air force transport planes with supplies and medical specialists to the western Indonesian island of Sumatra and committed $7.6m to the international relief effort.

Britain sent an aircraft with plastic sheets and tents worth £250,000 ($481,500) to Sri Lanka. It said it was also contributing £370,000 to the EU aid effort and a further $100,000 to the World Health Organisation for its relief efforts.

Canada said it would make an initial contribution of $814,300 to an appeal for some $6.5m by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

China said it would airlift emergency aid to the stricken countries.

The European Commission pledged $4.06m and said it could mobilise up to $27m for rapid distribution to aid groups.

Germany said it was contributing 1m euros of emergency aid to the international effort as well as taking part in the EU programme. It sent a three-man disaster relief team to Sri Lanka.

Japan sent an emergency medical team to Sri Lanka and a damage assessment group to Indonesia to report on what aid was needed there.

The Kuwaiti cabinet agreed to send aid supplies worth $1m to the affected region.

Singapore said it would be contributing around $1.2m to the global aid effort, and had armed forces medical teams and relief supplies ready to fly to Indonesia.

It's coming together, but there doesn't appear to be a clear effort to organize all of this yet that I can see.

29 posted on 12/28/2004 1:08:34 PM PST by snowsislander
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To: snowsislander
According to the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act of 2002, the Unites States has sent $918 million to South Asia and $298 million to East Asia. The 18 countries that benefited include: East Timor, Sri Lanka and India. What has the rest of the world sent there preemptively?
32 posted on 12/28/2004 1:14:29 PM PST by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: snowsislander

WOW - you did a lot of work.

But it is still only the US being critisized........as usual.

Now the UN mouthpieces are trying to weasel their way out of the "stingy" comment. Supposedly the comment was taken out of context because he was actually talking about overall aid for development and that we are giving the 9% of GNP the UN wants from all countries......or some such nonsense.

Sorry for my rant........I'm as sick of the UN, the EU and the Euroweinies badmouthing the US as I am of the lefties here on our own soil. All said with apologies to our European and other allied FReepers who are not included in my rant.


36 posted on 12/28/2004 2:16:31 PM PST by Gabz (Merry Christmas)
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To: snowsislander

Gee. The Germans are generous. 3 people to Sri Lanka should about cover it. /sarc.


42 posted on 12/28/2004 4:10:35 PM PST by combat_boots (Dug in and not budging an inch.)
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