UN refugee chief Barham Salih urges Security Council to end conflicts so 117 million displaced can return home

At the UN General Assembly in New York, UN refugee chief Barham Salih, a former Iraqi president, urged the Security Council to focus on ending conflicts so that over 117 million displaced people can return home. He highlighted crises in Sudan, Congo, Ukraine, Western Sahara, and Yemen, and called for preventing displacement and resolving it where it occurs. Salih stressed that humanitarian aid alone cannot create peace, and that success means people no longer need assistance.