Full details of the various aid packages were not immediately available and it was not clear how many of the pledges were loans, grants or gifts.

Following are details of some of the pledges:

• SAUDI ARABIA: Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said Saudi Arabia would give $1.0 billion to help development projects and a further $100 million in budget support.

• UNITED STATES: $770 million, conditional on approval of U.S. Congress. A senior U.S. official said it would include $250 million in cash transfers tied to economic reforms. A further $220 million will fund Lebanese military equipment and training. $184 million goes to support the international peacekeeping mission, $60 million to train and equip security forces, $50 million to fund reconstruction projects and $5.5 million for demining.

• ARAB MONETARY FUND: $700 million over the next five years.

• WORLD BANK: $700 million in additional funding to support implementation of the government's program. Up to $400 million could be made available this year.

• FRANCE: 500 million euro ($649.4 million) loan "with very favorable conditions".

• EUROPEAN UNION: Almost 400 million euros of additional aid in the form of grants and loans.

• EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK: 960 million euros divided into 400 million euros for priority investments, notably in the electricity sector, and 560 million for the private sector.

• UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: $300 million.

• ARAB INVESTMENT BANK: $250 million.

• ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK: Financial package of $250 million for social services and basic infrastructure.

• BRITAIN: $48 million to U.N. agency dealing with refugees in Lebanon and $115 million over the next four years for reconstruction projects with no conditions.

• BELGIUM: 20 million euros.

• OMAN: $10 million.

• ITALY: 120 million euros, made up of 65 million euros in low interest rate credits and a gift of 55 million euros. It also offered a suspension of Lebanon's commercial debt repayments to Italy.

• SPAIN: 35 million euro grant in 2007-2008.

• BRAZIL: $1 million donation.

• MALAYSIA: $1 million, prepared to discuss rescheduling existing bond maturities.

• SWEDEN: 4.5 million euros, all channeled through the United Nations Development Program.

• AUSTRIA: 1 million euros to help improve living conditions and for economic reforms

• SLOVENIA: 100,000 euros in 2007.

• GREECE: 5 million euros for reconstruction.

• IRELAND: 2 million euros, as grant with no conditions.

• GERMANY: About 103 million euros, including about 63 million euros for reconstruction work and 40 million euros for equipping security forces on the Lebanese border.

• NORWAY: $15 million for activities including coastal management, the petroleum sector, support for Palestinian refugees and work against cluster munitions.

• EGYPT: $44 million for rebuilding infrastructure.

• CANADA: 20 million Canadian dollars ($17 million).

• DENMARK: $3.5 million, focused on improving lives of people in south Lebanon.

• SOUTH KOREA: $1 million.

• CHINA: 30 million Yuan ($3.86 million).

• AUSTRALIA: 5 million Australian dollars ($3.9 million) for U.N. and related relief activities, planning to allocate a further A$2 million to high priority community action programs.

Picture: French President Jacques Chirac (R) speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after an International Conference for Support to Lebanon in Paris, January 25, 2007. Both campaigned very hard to make sure the conference was a success

Sources: Reuters, Ya Libnan