What’s more, Jolie pays for her own flights and accommodations when she travels for the U.N., which Le Bas calls “exceptional.” “She also insisted on visiting the places – she went to Sierra Leone and Tanzania first, and then she wanted to learn even more.” “When we first got in touch with her in 2001, she insisted she wanted to learn first about the plight of refugees before being able to speak about it. “She is extremely committed,” UNHCR spokesman Pierre Bernard Le Bas told The Post from Geneva. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the 28-year-old star of “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life” (opening Friday) has visited war zones in the Balkans and Sierre Leone, and toured refugee camps from Pakistan to Tanzania. Not since Audrey Hepburn worked tirelessly for UNICEF in the 1990s has such a high-profile star been so visibly active on behalf of the United Nations.Īnd in an age of “cause-related marketing” – the cynical industry buzzword for celebrity charity endorsements – Jolie is not just getting dirt under her fingernails, she’s actually put herself in danger to focus world attention on the plight of refugees.Īs a Goodwill Ambassador for the U.N. PAMPERED stars and Third World environments don’t always mix – but reformed Hollywood bad girl Angelina Jolie is an exception. In 2003, Jolie published Notes from My Travels, a collection of journal entries that chronicle her early field missions as an Ambassador (2001-2002).“She insisted she wanted to learn first about the plight of refugees before being able to speak about it.”U.N. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award. She is often cited by popular media as one of the world's most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported.
Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight) is an American film actor and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. In 2003, Jolie published Notes from My Travels, a collection of journal entries that chronicle her early field missions as an Ambassador (2001-2002).
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