Offer of Assistance from Foreign Countries and Regions (Tohoku - Pacific Ocean Earthquake): update

March 17, 2011
Japanese

With regard to the Tohoku - Pacific Ocean Earthquake, as of 18:00 on March 17, 2011, Japan has received offers of assistance from the following 117 countries and regions and 29 international organizations (in alphabetical order).

(Asia)
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam,

(Oceania)
Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea

(North America)
Canada, United States of America,

(Latin America)
Argentine, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela,

(Europe)
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan,

(Middle East)
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates,

(Africa)
Algeria, Botswana, Djibouti, Gabon, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia, Zimbabwe

(International Organization)
ADB, ASEAN, BSEC, CARICOM, CTBTO, EU, GEF, IAEA, ICPO, ICRC, IDB, IFRC, ILO, IOM, ITSO, ITU, NATO, OCHA, OECD, UNDP, UNEP, UNHCR, UNESCO, UN- HABITAT, UNICEF, UPU, World Bank, WFP, WHO.

(*This is a provisional translation. The above date denotes the date of the issue of the original press release in Japanese.)

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