The new bride is still in full UN envoy mode
Even before Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were Mr. and Mrs. Smith Pitt, Jolie was single-mindedly dedicated to her role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Maybe that’s why her first public statement after the world was surprised by the Brangelina wedding wasn’t about marital bliss, but about the escalating situation in Syra.
“Three million refugees is not just another statistic, it is a
searing indictment of our collective failure to end the war in Syria.”
Jolie said, in a statement on Friday (August 29).
Jolie, who is now a special envoy for the UNHCR, is referring to the
conflict in Syria and Iraq between terrorist group the Islamic State of
Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and the US. ISIS is attempting to set up
their own Sunni Islamic state and have already gained control of huge
tracts of land in Syria and Iraq. The hostile takeovers and resulting
violence have led to the huge number of refugees that Jolie is referring
to.
“International stability is steadily bleeding away in Syria,” Jolie
continued on. “UN Security Council Resolutions are being ignored; war
crimes are being committed on a daily basis; regional countries are
staggering under the human burden; and Syrian refugees are dying in the
Mediterranean sea, trying to reach Europe.
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