After 21 years of good and loyal service, Angelina Jolie steps down from her role as special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the star wanting to “work differently” and on broader humanitarian issues.
“After 20 years of working within the United Nations system, I feel it is time to work differently, engaging directly with refugees and local organizations,” the actress said in a statement released by UNHCR on Friday.
“Angelina Jolie has long been a leading humanitarian partner of UNHCR. We are grateful for her decades of service, her commitment and the difference she has made for refugees and people forced to flee,” said Filippo Grandi, UNHCR Director.
More than 60 missions carried out
Angelina Jolie, one of Hollywood’s most iconic faces, has completed more than 60 field assignments over the years, earning her stardom and certainty to garner media attention on her journeys to the cause of the refugees.
She recently traveled to Yemen and Burkina Faso with UNHCR to meet with displaced people enduring “two of the world’s most underfunded and underreported emergencies,” the statement said.
Source: BFM TV
