UN refugee chief urges action from Security Council so displacement no longer crosses generations
The U.N. refugee chief urged the Security Council to prioritize ending global conflicts to address the displacement of over 117 million people.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. refugee chief urged the world’s divided nations Friday to focus on ending conflicts and crises so the more than 117 million people forced to flee their homes can return, and not spend generations displaced in a foreign country. In his first speech to the U.N. Security Council since his...
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