Tsunami Relief Aid at $6.28 Billion: UN
Humanitarian assistance to tsunami-affected countries in the Indian Ocean totals $6.28 billion, with Germany the largest contributor at $683 million, followed by the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations said on Friday, February 25, 2005. But if the United States follows through on a pledge to increase its contribution, it will become the biggest donor, said Hiro Ueki, spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance, during his visit in Banda Aceh.