Baghdad ? The United Nations refugee chief said Saturday he is sending a representative to Baghdad to help millions of displaced Iraqis return home, showing a strengthened U.N. commitment to deal with the crisis and confidence in recent security gains.

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres also pledged to increase his group’s staffing level in Baghdad from two to five people.

“We have confidence in the future of Iraq,” Guterres said at a joint news conference with Iraq Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari.

Meanwhile, the top Iraqi commander for Baghdad, Lt. Gen. Abboud Qanbar, said the number of bullet-riddled bodies found daily has dropped from at least 43 to about four under a year-old U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown in the capital.

The statement was tempered by warnings that the battle was not over.