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Paris 3: List of Lebanon aid donors |
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Written by Reuters
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Jan. 25, 2007- Paris 3: List of Lebanon aid donors
• SAUDI ARABIA: Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said Saudi Arabia would give $1.0 billion to help development projects and a further $100 million in budget support.
• UNITED STATES: $770 million, conditional on approval of U.S. Congress. A senior U.S. official said it would include $250 million in cash transfers tied to economic reforms. A further $220 million will fund Lebanese military equipment and training. $184 million goes to support the international peacekeeping mission, $60 million to train and equip security forces, $50 million to fund reconstruction projects and $5.5 million for demining.
• ARAB MONETARY FUND: $700 million over the next five years.
• WORLD BANK: $700 million in additional funding to support implementation of the government's program. Up to $400 million could be made available this year.
• FRANCE: 500 million euro ($649.4 million) loan "with very favorable conditions".
• EUROPEAN UNION: Almost 400 million euros of additional aid in the form of grants and loans.
• EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK: 960 million euros divided into 400 million euros for priority investments, notably in the electricity sector, and 560 million for the private sector.
• UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: $300 million.
• ARAB INVESTMENT BANK: $250 million.
• ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK: Financial package of $250 million for social services and basic infrastructure.
• BRITAIN: $48 million to U.N. agency dealing with refugees in Lebanon and $115 million over the next four years for reconstruction projects with no conditions.
• BELGIUM: 20 million euros.
• OMAN: $10 million.
• ITALY: 120 million euros, made up of 65 million euros in low interest rate credits and a gift of 55 million euros. It also offered a suspension of Lebanon's commercial debt repayments to Italy.
• SPAIN: 35 million euro grant in 2007-2008.
• BRAZIL: $1 million donation.
• MALAYSIA: $1 million, prepared to discuss rescheduling existing bond maturities.
• SWEDEN: 4.5 million euros, all channeled through the United Nations Development Program.
• AUSTRIA: 1 million euros to help improve living conditions and for economic reforms
• SLOVENIA: 100,000 euros in 2007.
• GREECE: 5 million euros for reconstruction.
• IRELAND: 2 million euros, as grant with no conditions.
• GERMANY: About 103 million euros, including about 63 million euros for reconstruction work and 40 million euros for equipping security forces on the Lebanese border.
• NORWAY: $15 million for activities including coastal management, the petroleum sector, support for Palestinian refugees and work against cluster munitions.
• EGYPT: $44 million for rebuilding infrastructure.
• CANADA: 20 million Canadian dollars ($17 million).
• DENMARK: $3.5 million, focused on improving lives of people in south Lebanon.
• SOUTH KOREA: $1 million.
• CHINA: 30 million yuan ($3.86 million).
• AUSTRALIA: 5 million Australian dollars ($3.9 million) for U.N. and related relief activities, planning to allocate a further A$2 million to high priority community action programs.
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