17 Apr 2012

UNHCR / JOLIE SPECIAL ENVOY

The UN refugee Agency announced today that actress and humanitrian Angelina Jolie will take on a new and expendaded role as a Speial Envoy of its High Commissioner, Antonio Guterrez. UNHCR

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STORY: UNHCR / JOLIE SPECIAL ENVOY
TRT: 1.16 
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE - UNHCR - 2011, PAKISTAN

1.Wide shot, village
2.Med shot, Angelina Jolie with an elderly lady

FILE - UNHCR - 2011, AFGHANISTAN

3.Various shots, Angelina Jolie with refugee children

FILE - UNHCR - 2011, TUNISIA

4.Med shot, Angelina Jolie with a family

FILE - UNHCR - 2011, MALTA

5.Various shots, Angelina Jolie with female asylum seekers and migrants at a detention center

STORYLINE:
　
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) announced today in Geneva that actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie will take on a new and expanded role as a Special Envoy of its High Commissioner, António Guterres. 
Jolie's interest in humanitarian affairs was piqued in 2000 while filming in Cambodia. She soon began travelling to field operations with UNHCR and was named a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in 2001.

Since then, according to UNHCR, she has carried out more than 40 field missions to some of the most remote regions of the world to highlight the plight of millions of uprooted people and to advocate for their protection, becoming an expert on the phenomenon of forced displacement and a tireless advocate on behalf of refugees

According to a UNHCR spokesperson Jolie's status as Special Envoy is effective immediately, and she would focus on complex emergencies and work to facilitate lasting solutions for people displaced by conflict.

Filed under 13.01.00 - PROTECTION OF AND ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS UNCHR - United Nations Commission on Human Rights.