The United Nations Security Council has decried the increase in conflicts and forced displacement across the globe in recent years, attributing it to the failure of the Council to deliver on its primary purpose.

The UN Chargé d’Affaires, Ambassador Dorothy Shea, said this on Monday at a UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting on Small Arms Control and Weapons Management in UN Sanctions Regimes, held in New York.

She bemoaned that “the Security Council has failed to achieve the political solutions necessary to end forced displacement.

“As we have said in this Chamber before, it is time for us to bring the UN, and specifically the Security Council, back to its original purpose, the maintenance of international peace and security, including the peaceful settlement of disputes.”

According to her, the conflicts have ravaged countries like Sudan, the DRC, Gaza, Syria, and Ukraine, just to mention a few, and left burdens of forced displacement on America.

Shea, who however noted that “no one nation can do this alone,” added that it is the responsibility of Council members to chart a path forward that can end the horrors of conflicts.

“The UN exists for collective action and collective action demands collective responsibility. Every Member State needs to better share the burden of humanitarian response to conflict.

“The United States has disproportionately shouldered this burden for decades. Moreover, we reiterate that the response to forced displacement should be guided by core principles of national sovereignty, border security, and the rule of law.”

Recounting America’s efforts in Syria and Ukraine, she mentioned that there has been some cause for hope even amidst the ravaging conflicts in affected regions across the globe.

“Mr. President, a durable peace in those conflicts would lay the foundation for millions of displaced people to safely return home and for thriving regional economies.

“We call on this Council to redouble efforts to solve and bring an end to crises that lead to long-term displacement,” she said.