UN Special Envoy Angelina Jolie
She promises to help the numerous refugees from Ukraine
Angelina Jolie at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
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Angelina Jolie is the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. As such, it has pledged its fullest support to Ukraine.
The shock, sadness and anger at the bloodshed in Ukraine leaves no one indifferent. Numerous national and international stars are committed to the attacked country and take part in fundraising campaigns for the victims. US star Angelina Jolie (46) plays a special role here. Not only has she been a UNHCR special envoy for a good two decades (UNHCR stands for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). In April 2012 she was also appointed UNHCR Special Envoy.
As such, she now has via Instagram sent her prayers to Ukraine and assured: “My focus now and that of my UNHCR colleagues is that everything possible is done for the protection and basic human rights of the displaced and refugees from this region.” It is still too early to assess the full extent of this tragedy. “But the importance of this moment – for the people of Ukraine and for the international rule of law – cannot be overstated.”
A “tireless defender of refugees”
On the UN website Jolie is praised as a “tireless defender of refugees” who has already visited more than 40 crisis regions and has “acquired a wealth of expert knowledge” during her travels. She also supported the facility with donations. She was given special envoy status in 2012, UNHCR also “at the diplomatic level [zu] represent and stand up for the needs of refugees.”