51.   At a news conference Sunday in Islamabad, Larson said Washington would encourage bilateral donor nations to give economic assistance to Pakistan to help ease its debt burden.

52.   Aziz said Pakistan has asked donor nations, including Japan and the United States, for fiscal support and new aid to help bolster the economy.

53.   Bodo Hombach, special coordinator of the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe, agreed that continued violence could have influence donor nations and international investment.

54.   Budget pressures from Western donor nations have reduced financing for the institute and similar centers, and that has meant cutbacks in research.

55.   But donor nations, pressed by human rights organizations, were likely to seek more accountability before loosening their purse strings.

56.   But it was not clear how donor nations could sidestep the leadership in Republika Srpska to get the reconstruction aid through.

57.   But he added donor nations wishing to have their names attached to prestige projects, rather than concentrating on day-to-day needs, have contributed to the spending gap.

58.   But Rwanda is of little strategic importance to most U.N. members and is battling with others of far greater political and commercial concern to donor nations.

59.   But the donor nations have been slow in honoring their pledges, leaving the Palestinian Authority in a tenuous position.

60.   Cape Verde is often held up by Western donor nations as a successful African democracy.