After 10 Faithful Years of Service, Angelina Jolie Gets Hailed By Fans as She Steps Down as UN Special Envoy for Refugees

The Oscar-winning actress, Angelina Jolie is well-known for her role as a humanitarian. For almost two decades she was affiliated with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She has been a special envoy for the UNHCR since 2012 and was a goodwill ambassador before that since 2001. After her two-decade-long affiliation with the UN, the Salt actress decided that its time to finally move on. In a joint statement released by UNHCR and Angelina Jolie, the actress announced that she will be stepping down from the role.

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Angelina Jolie announced that she will be stepping down from her role as Special envoy

On Saturday, the Angelina Jolie actress took to Instagram to announce her departure from the UNHCR. She wrote, “After over 20 years, I am stepping down today from my work with the UN Refugee Agency.” She further added, “Refugees are the people I admire most in the world and I am dedicated to working with them for the rest of my life.”

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The actress also opened up about her future plans and that she will be working with organizations that are led by directly affected people by conflicts. She said being directly affected by conflicts “gives the greatest voice to them.” In the joint statement with UNHCR, Jolie wrote, “I will continue to do everything in my power in the years to come to support refugees and other displaced people.”

UN High Commissioner for Refugees praised the Maleficent actress for her dedication

Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees praised Jolie for her hard work and dedication. He wrote in the joint statement, “I appreciate her desire to shift her engagement and support her decision.” The joint statement further appreciated her service by highlighting her recent field trips to Yemen and Burkina Faso. The statement appreciated her for her work there which is considered the “most underfunded and under-reported emergencies in the world.”

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Her fans from all around the world shared the same sentiment and had warm words for Jolie. One user wrote, “Your work with the UN will never be forgotten.” Another user appreciated her for doing activism before it was a mainstream celebrity thing.  In recent months, the American actress also met up with met displaced people in war-torn Ukraine.

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