"The cost of meeting the needs of 2.7 million people - that is the entire population of Gaza and 500,000 people in the occupied West Bank - is estimated to be $1.2 billion," the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. OCHA had originally sought $294 million in aid to support nearly 1.3 million people in an appeal on October 12.
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The crimes of illegal armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) remain without a proper response from the international community, said representative of the Russian delegation on the 52nd session of the UN HRC.