Upon the announcement of the request, six countries pledged to provide nearly $510,000 in funds collectively.

The countries involved have pledged to offer mutual assistance in the event of a spill.

Both countries pledged to work together to boost global economic recovery.

Other countries have pledged $54.5 billion in contributions to help pay for the war, but only $16.9 billion of it has been paid so far.

The industrialized countries of the world have already pledged, as a first step, to cap the emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2000.

In 1985, 28 African countries pledged to raise that figure to 20 to 25 percent by 1989.

All countries pledged themselves solemnly not to go to war with any other country.

Indeed, no European country pledged to send a team until two months before the start of the competition.

Other countries have donated or pledged assistance to the Philippine government.

Both countries have pledged to bring the level down.