Further Â£9m for international aid
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The Scottish Executive pledges a further Â£9m to help some of the world's poorest people, it is announced.
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The UK should stump up an extra Â£1.2bn to help developing countries deal with the effects of climate change, Oxfam said today.
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The world's seven wealthiest nations said Saturday they were willing to take on up to 100 percent of the debt owed by some of the poorest countries. But they failed to agree on a British plan to boost international aid by &#36;50 billion a year.
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The UK and other developed countries are meeting to plan ways to spend aid more effectively in poor countries.
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A further Â£7 million was donated overnight to help the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami - bringing the total raised so far to Â£32 million, the Disasters Emergency Committee said.
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The United Nations appealed to  the world's prosperous nations on Thursday for $3.9 billion in  donations next year to address humanitarian emergencies  touching 27 million people in 29 countries, with most of the  money targeted at Africa.
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QUEEN Elizabeth II has made a substantial donation to aid efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, royal officials said today.
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Kofi Annan said $977 million is urgently needed to provide water, food, shelter and medicine over the next six months.
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STOCKHOLM -- International donors pledged more than $940 million yesterday for war-torn Lebanon's immediate relief efforts, nearly double the target amount.
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International donors promise to pay more than $940m, or Â£494, to help rebuild war-damaged Lebanon.
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Hilary Benn, the International Development Secretary, gave a firm commitment yesterday to increase Britain's contribution to Asian tsunami disaster relief.
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The government has earmarked 15 million pounds as an initial amount while organisations associated with South Asian communities in Britain have launched respective drives to raise funds and aid material for the affected.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will seek $950 million in federal aid for the areas affected by the Asian tsunami, nearly tripling a previous commitment of $350 million that was announced when the administration was under fire for what critics called a sluggish response to the crisis.
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Gordon Brown will offer to $1.8bn (Â£960m) over 15 years to help boost an international vaccination scheme.
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The UK is now the largest donor to the relief effort after the Government pledged a further Â£35 million, bringing its contribution to Â£50 million.
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The initial aid pledges were generous, but governments will have to follow up on their word
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The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria urged donors on Friday to pay up what they have pledged by the end of next month or risk seeing the United States cut short its contribution.