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Angelina Jolie leaves role as UN refugee agency envoy

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Jolie first started working with the U.N. refugee agency in 2001. She was appointed its special envoy in 2012. Jolie: "I will continue to do everything in my power to support refugees and other displaced people" Jolie began visiting refugee camps in 2001, and was appointed as a UNHCR goodwill ambassador that same year.

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Boston Herald

Angelina Jolie leaves role as UN refugee agency envoy

UNITED NATIONS — Angelina Jolie and the United Nations’ refugee agency are parting ways after more than two decades. In a joint statement, the U.S. actor and the agency announced she was “moving on” from her role as the agency’s special envoy “to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues.” “I will continue to do everything in my power in the years to come to support refugees and other displaced people,” Jolie was quoted as …

1 year ago·Boston, United States

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The Toowoomba Chronicle

Angelina Jolie parts ways with UN Refugee Agency

ABC News reports that Angelina Jolie , has announced she will be ending her partnership with the , United Nations' refugee agency after over twenty years. In a joint statement issued on December 16, the actress and the U.N. refugee agency said she will be "moving on" from her role as a special envoy. According to the statement, Jolie will be looking:, “to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues.” "I will continue to do ev…

1 year ago

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Film News

Angelina Jolie steps down as UN refugee agency envoy

Angelina Jolie is stepping down as a United Nations special envoy for refugees and will focus on "a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues", according to a joint statement from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the actress.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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