United Nations (United States) (AFP) – A new UN plan to tackle the worst refugee crisis since World War II would aim to resettle at least 10 percent of refugees annually, piling pressure on countries to open up their doors to those fleeing wars and disasters.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlined the proposal for a new “global compact on responsibility-sharing” on Monday to address the crisis from the 60 million refugees and displaced people worldwide.

The United Nations hopes that new deal will lift some of the burden on developing countries in the refugee crisis, which has been fueled by the five-year war in Syria and other conflicts.

Image: Yoo Soon-taek (right), wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, greets children living at a Syrian refugee camp in the Beqaa Valley, eastern Lebanon. UN Photo/Mark Garten.