Contributing Countries and Supra-national Organizations
Governments, humanitarian organisations, Asian expatriates and individuals around the world scrambled to offer aid and technical support. Such was the global scope of the disaster that the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters was activated in quick succession by the French Civil Protection Agency, the Indian space agency ISRO, and by UNOOSA on behalf of UNOPS, thus providing a wide variety of humanitarian satellite imagery to aid and rescue organisations. The World Bank initially estimated the amount of aid needed at USD 5 billion. Although numerous countries provided funds for relief and assistance, the UN criticised both the US and Europe for providing inadequate resources. By 1 January 2005 over USD1.8 bn (GBP1bn) had been pledged.
In wake of the disaster, Australia, India, Japan, United States formed a coalition to coordinate aid efforts to streamline immediate assistance. However, at the Jakarta Summit on 6 January 2005, the coalition transferred responsibilities to the United Nations.
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