21.   He said monitoring would also give international donors confidence to continue pledging more aid in the future.

22.   Hong Kong and Macao pledged aid, and Japan and Iran also offered assistance.

23.   Israel pledged humanitarian aid for the province.

24.   It urged Arab states previously committed to helping Lebanon financially to do so, but no immediate or extra aid was pledged.

25.   Portugal, the former colonial ruler, Australia, Brazil and other nations have pledged aid if East Timor does become independent.

26.   Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of Japan, which has also pledged aid to Indonesia, planned to travel to Jakarta on Saturday to talk to Suharto about the crisis.

27.   Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of Japan, which has also pledged aid to Indonesia, planned to travel to Jakarta Saturday to talk to Suharto about the crisis.

28.   Singapore, the United States, Australia, Japan and Thailand have pledged aid.

29.   The aid was pledged at the Paris meeting of the India Development forum, chaired by D. Joseph Wood, the World Bank vice-president for the South Asia region.

30.   The conference was organized to try to get foreign governments to pledge military aid for the Muslim-Croat federation.